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Our goal is to build and deploy scalable solutions for autonomous vehicles and as a result, create safer and more efficient roads. Our team is hands-on, passionate about practical results, and values diversity. You will help craft the application software architecture by working closely with external partners developing on our platform and collaborate across multiple teams within NVIDIA working on autonomous vehicles. You will also advance and refine the overall drivability of our solution, focusing on integration challenges and using your deep analytical skills to tease through the complexity of the system to find effective solutions.\nNVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, and is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are passionate in bringing autonomous vehicles into the world and see the solution come together, we would like to hear from you!\nWhat you'll be doing:\nDesign, build, and deploy replay and simulation focused tooling and frameworks for current and next generation autonomous vehicle development and testing.\nClosely engage with external customers to lead bring-up activities and provide domain expertise to resolve functional and simulation related issues by collaborating with internal engineering and product teams across our US, APAC, and Europe locations.\nIntegrate hardware and software components efficiently and build scalable software solutions for our partners. Conduct profiling, benchmarking and evaluation activities for verification.\nPerform in-vehicle and simulation test drives, collect and perform deep analysis on the recorded data, and use aggregated metrics for simulation-to-real comparative analysis.\nDirectly impact the future of self-driving car technology!\nWhat we need to see:\n5+ years of work related experience in software development related to autonomous driving and/or simulation technologies and Bachelors or Masters in computer science, robotics, computer engineering, or equivalent experience.\nTrack record providing robust and efficient solutions for autonomous driving (in car or simulation).\nPrior experience in application development and familiarity with middleware frameworks.\nExcellent C/C++ development skills with good knowledge of Python.\nKnowledgeable with various OS environments such as Linux and real-time operating systems and container-based virtualization workflows.\nEase of adapting to new technologies and platforms.\nAbility to adapt to fast paced development lifecycles and multi-functional organizations.\nStrong analytical skills, seek innovative solutions, with good attention to details.\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nExperience with automotive design processes and norms (e.g. ISO 26262, ASPICE), including in-vehicle testing, simulation and metrics development of autonomous driving systems.\nProven expertise in developing simulation solutions and experience on diverse sensor modalities such as cameras, ultrasonics, and radar.\nUnderstanding of NVIDIA DRIVE platform or NVIDIA GPU hardware, and/or familiarity with CUDA\nIn-vehicle networking: CAN, Flexray, Ethernet, Some/IP, AUTOSAR\nPrior exposure to automotive or related sensors (camera, radar, LIDAR, ultrasonic, GPS, IMU)\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.\nApplications for this job will be accepted at least until October 12, 2026.This posting is for an existing vacancy.\nNVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.\nNVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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