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Principal Software Engineer, Vehicle Dynamics Simulation - AV

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA · Principal

$248,000 – $391,000

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What this role is

This Principal-level role leads the technical vision and architecture for vehicle dynamics simulation systems that help autonomous vehicle engineers validate driving behavior in diverse scenarios. You'll design production C++ frameworks, establish validation workflows, and mentor engineers across NVIDIA's AV simulation platform.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
  • 15+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Deep knowledge of longitudinal and lateral vehicle dynamics, tire-road interaction, steering, braking, actuator limits, latency, saturation, kinematic and dynamic bicycle models, multibody simulation, and tire models
  • Strong C++ for production software and Python for analysis and validation
  • Record of building modular, testable production systems for simulation, CAE, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or physics-based software
  • Proven ability to calibrate and validate simulation models using measured data while maintaining deterministic behavior and regression coverage
  • Principal-level technical leadership and communication across multidisciplinary teams

Nice to have

  • Experience with simulation frameworks like Project Chrono, CARLA, CarSim, CarMaker, Simulink, ADAMS, or BeamNG
  • Success integrating multibody and parameterized model families across vehicle architectures and conditions
  • Familiarity with Protocol Buffers, gRPC, API compatibility, Bazel, CMake, containerized simulation, continuous integration, CUDA, or high-performance numerical computing

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