NVIDIA
Senior Research Scientist - Autonomous Vehicles
$192K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of relevant research experience in vehicle or robot autonomy.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Conducts basic and applied research in vehicle autonomy, develops techniques and systems, publishes findings, and transfers research into production products.
What you'll do
- Design and implement vehicle autonomy techniques; publish and present original research.
- Collaborate with research teams, product groups, and external researchers.
- Transfer or open-source research technology and help deploy it in production systems.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Strong knowledge of vehicle/robot autonomy theory and practice, or a related area with strong interest in autonomous vehicles.
- Research record with publications in leading conferences or journals and other research artifacts such as software projects.
- Exceptional programming skills in Python; solid understanding of PyTorch and Tensorflow.
Pay
192,000 USD - 304,750 USD base salary (Level 4); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary (Level 5)
Tools
Python, C++, CUDA, PyTorch, Tensorflow
AI focus
Research on autonomous-vehicle AI, including agent behavior models, end-to-end architectures, AI safety, closed-loop training, and AV foundation models such as VLMs and reasoning models.
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