# Senior Research Engineer, Robotics Systems

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b738c14a-7f14-43f1-9183-faa473ece0d5

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 184000 – 356500 USD per year

## Summary

NVIDIA's GEAR group is building foundation models and control systems for humanoid robots, seeking a senior engineer to design teleoperation software, develop real-time control algorithms, and deploy neural networks on robotic hardware. This role suits someone with deep robotics systems experience who wants to contribute to a moonshot project with tangible impact on both research and products.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

C++, Python, Robot Operating System (ROS), Rust

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years full-time industry experience in robotics hardware or software full-stack
- Hands-on experience deploying and debugging neural networks on robotic hardware
- Ability to implement real-time control algorithms, teleoperation stack, and sensor fusion
- Proficiency in Python, Rust, C++
- Experience with ROS and physics simulation frameworks (Gazebo, Mujoco, Isaac)
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting robotic systems (mechanical, electrical, software)
- On-site at NVIDIA HQ on all business days

## Nice to have

- Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or related field
- Experience at autonomous driving or humanoid robotics companies on real hardware deployment
- Experience in robot hardware design
- Tech Lead experience coordinating robotics engineering teams
- Contributions to popular open-source robotics frameworks
- Research publications in top-tier conferences (ICRA, IROS, RSS, CoRL)

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Research-Engineer--Robotics-Systems_JR2017450