Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$184,000–$287,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
11 days ago
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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Robotics Software Engineer

As a Senior Robotics Software Engineer on the Isaac Applications Team, you will develop the software and hardware integration necessary for Physical AI robots to operate in real-world environments. You will build the humanoid reference platform, creating end-to-end workflows to develop, evaluate, and deploy autonomous and interactive robot capabilities. Your daily work involves connecting data, simulation, and real-world deployment while addressing compute, latency, and bandwidth constraints on physical hardware. You must possess broad robotics knowledge, experience deploying learned policies to control physical robots, and skills in agentic systems. You will work across software and hardware boundaries to integrate humanoid robots and mobile manipulators. The role requires expertise in tracing system-level issues and designing robotics interfaces for agent-driven operations to expand robot capabilities.

What you'll do

  • Build the humanoid reference platform featuring NVIDIA's robotics technologies for simulated and real robots.
  • Develop end-to-end workflows to develop, evaluate, and deploy autonomous and interactive robot capabilities.
  • Extend the robotics platform to new robot embodiments through hands-on integration and validation.
  • Address real-world compute, latency, and bandwidth constraints on physical hardware.
  • Deploy and evaluate learned policies to control physical robots.
  • Design robotics interfaces for agent-driven operation and data collection.
  • Diagnose and resolve system-level challenges across robotics software and hardware boundaries.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience working on robotics software.
  • Hands-on experience integrating, deploying, and testing software on physical robots.
  • Experience deploying and evaluating learned policies to control physical robots.
  • Broad working knowledge of robotics software, hardware, AI, and agentic systems.
  • Strong problem-solving skills to trace issues across software and hardware boundaries.
  • Ability to work independently through ambiguous technical challenges.
  • Experience integrating humanoid robots or mobile manipulators (preferred).

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