Senior Robotics Software Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation invites an experienced Robotics Software Engineer to join the Isaac Applications Team. You will fuse software and hardware to enable Physical AI robots for real‑world operation, building end‑to‑end workflows that connect data, simulation, and deployment.

You will collaborate across teams in Shanghai, America, and Europe while tackling real‑world constraints and advancing robot capabilities with hands‑on hardware involvement.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of robotics software experience in industry.
• Hands‑on experience with deploying/testing software on physical robots.
• Experience deploying and evaluating learned policies for robots.
• Broad knowledge of robotics software, hardware, AI, and agentic systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of the humanoid reference platform using NVIDIA robotics technologies.
• Build end‑to‑end workflows to develop, evaluate, and deploy autonomous robot capabilities.
• Extend the platform to new robot embodiments and validate integration.
• Address compute, latency, and bandwidth constraints on hardware.
• Collaborate across teams in Shanghai, America, and Europe to deliver reliable robotic systems.

Skills

Robotics software

Hardware integration

Problem solving

Independent work

System-level thinking

Education

Master's degree

Tools

ROS

Job description

As a Robotics Software Engineer on the Isaac Applications Team, you will bring together the software and hardware that enable Physical AI robots to operate in the real world. You will build working robotic systems and end-to-end workflows for engineers and AI agents. These workflows connect data, simulation, and real-world deployment to continuously expand and improve robot capabilities. We’re looking for strong software engineering skills, broad robotics knowledge, and enthusiasm for working hands‑on with physical robots when taking ideas into practice. You enjoy understanding how components interact, solving problems across their boundaries, and seeing them come together to deliver new robot capabilities.

What you will be doing:

• Lead the forefront of Physical AI progress in both simulated and real humanoid robots by building the humanoid reference platform that features NVIDIA’s robotics technologies.
• Build end‑to‑end workflows to develop, evaluate, and deploy increasingly autonomous and interactive robot capabilities.
• Extend our platform to new robot embodiments and demonstrate its adaptability through hands‑on integration and validation.
• Address real‑world compute, latency, and bandwidth constraints on physical hardware.
• Collaborate across teams in Shanghai, America, and Europe to connect capabilities and deliver reliable robotic systems.

What we need to see:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience working on robotics software.
• Hands‑on experience integrating, deploying, and testing software on physical robots, and confidence working directly with hardware when needed.
• Experience deploying and evaluating learned policies to control physical robots.
• Broad working knowledge of robotics software, hardware, AI, and agentic systems.
• We value an understanding of how these components interact within a complete system.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, including tracing issues across software and hardware boundaries.
• Ability to work independently through ambiguous technical challenges.
• Interest in designing robotics interfaces for agent‑driven operation, with the ability to learn and evaluate new approaches.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Experience integrating humanoid robots or mobile manipulators, from initial bring‑up through reliable demonstrations of robot capabilities.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving system‑level challenges across robotics software and hardware.
• Experience building end‑to‑end robotics workflows where AI agents perform substantial portions of the work and guide engineers through data collection, training, evaluation, and deployment.

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.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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