Senior Software Engineer, Metrics and Evaluation - Autonomous Vehicles

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 152,000-287,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

Used Tools & Technologies

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Required Skills & Competences
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1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;

3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;

7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;

10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.

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Details

NVIDIA is developing solutions in Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Autonomous Vehicles. The Planning and Control team is looking for an experienced engineer to work on metrics and evaluation to enable rapid planner and controller algorithm development by providing evaluation products, novel evaluation methodologies, and the metrics needed to power them.

Responsibilities

Define and develop metrics that enable rapid debugging, testing, and evaluation of Autonomous Vehicle software.
Build data-driven evaluation products by combining on-road driving analysis, large-scale simulation, models, metrics, and dashboards.
Collaborate with machine learning engineers, infrastructure engineers, and roboticists to develop novel solutions to open-ended problems.
Work with the Planning & Control team to develop and drive software testing strategies.

Requirements

MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in data science, electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science, or similar fields.
5+ years experience working in software engineering, data science, and/or experiment design roles.
Highly proficient in Python and associated libraries (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib).
Familiarity programming with GIT in Linux (Ubuntu) or another Unix-based system.
Ability and enthusiasm to ramp up quickly on new technical domains.
Ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.

Ways to stand out

Experience developing on-board planning algorithms.
Developed metrics for autonomous vehicle robotics systems.
Experience with evaluating precision and recall of performance metrics.
Familiarity with C++.
Experience working in a large monorepo and with Bazel, and prior knowledge about vehicle simulation, path planning, vehicle control, Drive-by-Wire systems, and self-driving technologies.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range:
- Level 3: 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD
- Level 4: 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD
Eligible for equity and benefits (link to NVIDIA benefits page provided in the original posting).

Additional information

Applications accepted at least until March 22, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse work environment.