NVIDIA
Senior Software Engineer, Spatial Intelligence and Foundation Models
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Develop and deploy robotic spatial perception and reasoning systems, including geometric computer vision and vision-language models, for robots, simulations, and foundation-model training pipelines.
What you'll do
- Design algorithms for spatial understanding, including SLAM, structure-from-motion, optical flow, scene flow, and object reconstruction.
- Develop and evaluate perception, mapping, and reasoning systems and train vision-language models for robotics.
- Integrate, validate, and release capabilities on physical robots and in simulations, collaborating across research and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years of experience working on computer vision, robotics, or deep learning technologies.
- Strong foundation in 3D geometric computer vision, such as multi-view geometry, visual odometry/SLAM, structure-from-motion, or dense correspondence.
- Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++; experience with Deep Learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow).
Nice to have
- Contributions to widely used SLAM, SfM, or 3D reconstruction systems; large-scale model training on GPU clusters; publications at listed computer vision or robotics venues; or simulation-based training and transfer experience.
- Familiarity with vision-language models.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary, Level 4); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 5)
Tools
Python, C++, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex
AI focus
Train and evaluate vision-language models for robotics spatial reasoning; build perception systems and data pipelines for foundation-model training. Use AI coding agents and agentic workflows to accelerate development, testing, and experimentation.
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