Senior Localization & Planning Engineer — Equity & Auto AI

NVIDIA; United States; On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking Localization and Planning Engineers to join our team. You will work on localization, perception-map association, and lane selection with navigation maps to enable advanced features for autonomous vehicles.

Responsibilities include designing systems with navigation maps, writing safe C++ code, and ensuring deployment readiness that aligns with MISRA and ISO26262 standards. Requires 8+ years experience and advanced degrees in CS or related fields.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of proven experience.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS or related fields (or equivalent).
• Strong algorithmic design background.
• Outstanding communication and teamwork skills.
• Meticulous craftsmanship of software in modern C++, using RAII and safe coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems using standard navigation maps to navigate on a lane level.
• Ensure algorithms perform effectively across large-scale real-world and synthetic datasets in diverse environments.
• Write safe, highly efficient code in C++.
• Productize all software for real-world deployment to consumer cars, following automotive quality and safety standards (MISRA, ISO26262).

Skills

C++

RAII

Algorithm design

Teamwork

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related fields

Tools

Google Maps

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking Localization and Planning Engineers to join our team. You will work on localization, perception-map association, and lane selection with navigation maps to enable advanced features for autonomous vehicles.

Responsibilities include designing systems with navigation maps, writing safe C++ code, and ensuring deployment readiness that aligns with MISRA and ISO26262 standards. Requires 8+ years experience and advanced degrees in CS or related fields.