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Senior Research Engineer, Robotics Systems

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA · full time · Senior

$184,000 – $356,500

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What this role is

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.

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What they ask for

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)

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