Senior Software Engineer, Metrics and Evaluation - Autonomous Vehicles

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced engineer to join our Planning and Control team to build metrics and evaluation tools for autonomous vehicle software. You will craft novel evaluation methodologies and metrics to power rapid planner and controller development, collaborating across ML, infrastructure, and robotics teams.

This role emphasizes data-driven evaluation, large-scale analysis, and open-ended problem solving in a fast-paced environment, with equity and benefits provided.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD or equivalent in data science, engineering, or physics.
• 8+ years in software, data science or experiment design.
• Strong Python with Pandas/Numpy/Scipy/Matplotlib.
• Git on Linux; willingness to learn new domains.
• Fast learner, able to multitask in a dynamic environment.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop metrics enabling rapid debugging and evaluation of autonomous vehicle software.
• Create data-driven evaluation products using on-road analysis, simulation, models, metrics and dashboards.
• Collaborate with ML, infrastructure engineers and roboticists on open-ended problems.
• Work with Planning & Control to shape software testing strategies.

Skills

Python

Data analysis

Experiment design

Communication

Multitasking

Education

MS or PhD

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

SciPy

Matplotlib

Git

Linux (Ubuntu)

Bazel

C++

Job description

Want to join a fun, creative company that is on the cutting edge of amazing technologies? NVIDIA is developing groundbreaking solutions in some of the world’s most exciting technology areas including Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Autonomous Vehicles.

We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our Planning and Control team to work on metrics and evaluation. In this role you will enable rapid planner and controller algorithm development by providing critical evaluation products. You will develop novel evaluation methodologies and the metrics needed to power them. This is an open-ended and unsolved space which requires creativity and inventiveness.

What You Will Be Doing

• Define and develop metrics that enable rapid debugging, testing, and evaluation of our Autonomous Vehicle software.
• Build compelling, 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

What We Need To See

• MS, or PhD or equivalent experience in data science, electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science or similar fields
• 8+ 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 From The Crowd

• 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 with working in a large monorepo and with Bazel as well as prior knowledge about vehicle simulation, path planning, vehicle control, Drive-by-Wire systems, and self-driving technologies.

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 at least until October 17, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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