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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer, Humanoid Robotics - **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd. - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $241,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Applications Architecture, Software Applications, C++ (Programming Language), Nvidia CUDA, Computer Engineering, Middleware, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Robotic Automation Software, Software Engineering, Reinforcement Learning, Gpu Programming, Information Technology - **Published:** July 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000ghmnsx ## About the Role + 5+ years of work related experience in software development related to robotics. + Bachelors, Masters or equivalent experience in computer science, robotics, computer engineering, or a related field. + Proven track record in developing software products in the domains of machine learning and reinforcement learning, and hands-on physical robot experience, and/or publishing in robotics conferences (RSS, CoRL, ICRA, IROS, NeurIPS, etc.). + Established proficiency in application development and scalability for autonomous machines, and familiarity with robotics or automotive related middleware frameworks. + Experience with robot simulation platforms and simulation-based reinforcement learning for training and validation of robotic systems, with hands-on experience on sim-to-real transfer of RL policies being a plus. + Proficient in Python and C/C++, with experience in GPU programming or CUDA being a strong plus. + Capable of adapting quickly to new technologies and platforms. + Ability to adapt in a fast paced development lifecycles and multi-functional organizations. Ways to stand out from the crowd: + Hands-on experience with real-world robotic systems and hardware of humanoid robots or mobile manipulator, particularly in loco-manipulation and dexterous hands manipulation tasks. + Experience with ROS 2, Isaac SIM and Isaac Lab or equivalent + Understanding of NVIDIA Isaac, NVIDIA GPU hardware, and CUDA + Contributions to or ownership of open-source project and mentorship experience. ## Description You will help craft the application software architecture by working closely with external partners developing on our robotics platform and the collaborations across multiple teams within NVIDIA working on autonomous machines. You will also advance and refine the overall functional capability and quality of our solution, focusing on integration challenges and applying deep analytical skills to tease through the complexity of the system to arrive to effective and optimum solutions. What you'll be doing: + Build and drive the application architecture internally, with a focus on humanoid robotics, by collaborating closely with architecture and software development teams. + Scale the deployment and integration of robust and performant implementations of new technologies spanning whole body controller and manipulation algorithms into solutions and products. + Integrate hardware and software components efficiently and develop scalable software solutions. 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