Senior Research Engineer, Robotics Systems

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 287,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity and benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is looking for a Senior or Principal Engineer specializing in robotics systems for its Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group. Join a collaborative team leading Project GR00T and contribute to groundbreaking research in humanoid robots.

Ideal candidates will have 8+ years of experience, expertise in deploying neural networks, and proficiency in control algorithms. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar is required. Competitive salary range of USD 184,000 to 287,500 based on level.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-time industry experience in robotics hardware or software full-stack.
• Hands-on experience with deploying and debugging neural network models on robotic hardware.
• Ability to implement real-time control algorithms and sensor fusion.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain teleoperation software for humanoid robots.
• Develop and optimize the control stack for locomotion and manipulation.
• Deploy and evaluate neural network models on humanoid hardware.

Skills

Python

Rust

C++

Robotics frameworks (ROS)

Physics simulation tools (Gazebo, Mujoco, Isaac)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field

Master’s or PhD in a related field

Job description

NVIDIA is searching for a senior or principal engineer who specializes in robotics systems in the Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group. Our team is leading Project GR00T, NVIDIA’s moonshot initiative at building foundation models and full-stack technology for humanoid robots. You will work with an amazing and collaborative research team that consistently produces influential works on multimodal foundation models, large-scale robot learning, embodied AI, and physics simulation. Our past projects include Eureka, VIMA, Voyager, MineDojo, MimicPlay, Prismer, and more. Your contributions will have a significant impact on our research projects and product roadmaps.

What you will be doing:

• Design and maintain teleoperation software for controlling humanoid robots with low latency and high precision;
• Develop and optimize the control stack, including locomotion, manipulation, and whole-body control algorithms;
• Deploy and evaluate neural network models in physics simulation and on real humanoid hardware;
• Implement tools and processes for regular robot maintenance, diagnostics, and troubleshooting to ensure system reliability;
• Monitor teleoperators at the lab and develop quality assurance workflows to ensure high-quality data collection;
• Collaborate with researchers on model training, data processing, and the full MLOps lifecycle.

What we need to see:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience; advanced degrees are helpful.
• 8+ years of full-time industry experience in robotics hardware or software full-stack;
• Hands-on experience with deploying and debugging neural network models on robotic hardware;
• Ability to implement real-time control algorithms, teleoperation stack, and sensor fusion;
• Proficiency in languages such as Python, Rust, C++, and experience with robotics frames (ROS) and physics simulation (Gazebo, Mujoco, Isaac, etc.).
• Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting robotic systems, including mechanical, electrical, and software components.
• Physically work on-site at NVIDIA HQ on all business days.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Master’s or PhD’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field;
• Experience at autonomous driving or humanoid robotics companies on real hardware deployment;
• Experience in robot hardware design;
• Demonstrated Tech Lead experience, coordinating a team of robotics engineers and driving projects from conception to deployment as well as contributions to popular open-source robotics frameworks or research publications in top-tier conferences, such as ICRA, IROS, RSS, CoRL.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted until May 10, 2026.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.