Software Engineer, World Model Systems Engineering

The Automotive Vehicles team is searching for a creative and expert Systems Engineer to help us expand NVIDIA’s autonomous vehicle solution. You will participate in a focused effort to productize ground-breaking perception solutions that will redefine the world of transportation and the growing field of self-driving cars. You will work with a world-wide team of systems engineers, AI applied researchers and software engineers in building world-class perception and mapping and localization solutions, while achieving or exceeding all NVIDIA and automotive standards & guidelines. You’ll find the work is exciting, fun and relevant!

What you will be doing:

• Develop perception, mapping and localization system requirements from use cases and customer requirements
• Perform analysis to define performance requirements and allocate performance budgets
• Plan validation and formulate test cases and critical metrics to ensure compliance with requirements
• Test performance and triage results
• Perform detailed analysis and develop dashboards
• Work closely with hardware engineering, safety, developers and product teams to ensure we build the right product
• Find innovative solutions to constantly improve our processes
• Establish relationships with all relevant partners across the organization

• MS, or PhD in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Data Science or another related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years systems engineering experience on complex systems, systems analysis (e.g. error budget creation, modeling of scenarios), data analysis, and statistical analysis
• Experience with verification and validation of world model stacks
• Experience with VLMs, LLMs and agentic workflows for purposes of automated triage
• Data strategy definition
• Understanding of failure analysis methodologies such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and MTBF decomposition
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive alignment across large organizations
• Proficiency with SQL and Python or C++

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with autonomous vehicles and/or machine learning, computer vision
• You have experience working with large datasets, data science, analytics
• Software engineering experience, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automotive Automation, Autonomous Driving Systems, Budgeting, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Data Analysis, Data Science, Data Sets, Engineering, Expert Systems, Failure Analysis, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Machine Learning, Maintain Compliance, Metrics, Model Validation, Patient Assessment, Performance Testing, Physics, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Regulatory Compliance, Reporting Dashboards, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Test Case, Use Cases, Validation Plan, Validation Testing, Vehicle Driving

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

Title: Senior Software Engineer, World Model Systems Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles Organization: NVIDIA Location: Us Description:

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology-and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world., NVIDIA is the world leader in graphics processing technologies, creating innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. NVIDIA products are transforming visually-rich applications such as video games, film production, broadcasting, industrial design, space exploration, and medical imaging. We invest in our people and our technologies, support and fund industry research around the world, and consistently deliver high-quality products. NVIDIA’s culture promotes and inspires a team of world-class employees to be at the top of their game. We’ve created an environment where talents are recognized and collaboration is valued. Our employees are shaping the world of tomorrow. . . today. We invite you to explore the opportunities available at NVIDIA to see what your future may hold.

Company Size: 10,000 employees or more