NVIDIA
Senior Software Engineer, AV Planner - Autonomous Vehicles
$224K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years in the relevant field.
- Education
- BS, MS, or higher degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develops, integrates, and evaluates behavior and motion-planning software for L4 autonomous vehicles operating in dense urban environments.
What you'll do
- Develop and ship behavior and trajectory planning, including safe fallback and degraded-mode behaviors.
- Integrate planning with prediction, perception, mapping/localization, and controls; troubleshoot system issues.
- Build simulation benchmarks, evaluation metrics, and tools for debugging and regression prevention.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of experience in the relevant field.
- Strong software engineering skills in C/C++; Python experience for tooling/evaluation is a plus.
- Experience with simulation and evaluation pipelines, testing, regression prevention, and debugging multi-module systems.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience shipping urban/L4 robotaxi planning.
- Experience with automotive safety concepts and analysis methods such as FMEA.
Pay
224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Python
AI focus
Develops autonomous-vehicle planning software, including decision-making and motion planning for L4 robotaxis; the posting also notes NVIDIA uses AI tools in recruiting.
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