Senior Synthetic Data Engineer – Autonomous Driving AI

NVIDIA; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA DRIVE team seeks a Senior Synthetic Data Engineer to design and develop a scalable synthetic-data platform for autonomous driving. You will work with NuRec and Cosmos to generate diverse sensor data and world models, supporting perception and planning networks, in Linux environments.

The role emphasizes building tools, validating data quality, and enabling rapid change through CI/CD and cloud or data-center pipelines. Equity benefits exist. Posting closes 2026-09-25.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Math, Physics, or related field.
• 8+ years in computer graphics, computer vision, autonomous driving, sensor simulation, or synthetic data generation.
• Strong Python and C++ skills with production-quality Linux experience.
• Solid foundation in linear algebra, geometry, probability.
• Familiar with synthetic data annotations, data formats, and evaluation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build, implement, and optimize tools to generate synthetic data for training DRIVE networks.
• Develop lidar/radar sensor simulation workflows and scene variation.
• Create Cosmos world models for controllable scenario generation and trajectory extrapolation.
• Align perception/planning/DRIVE requirements with synthetic data capabilities.
• Develop dataset quality assessments and sim-to-real transfer evaluations.
• Set up and supervise large-scale NuRec, Cosmos, and sensor simulation pipelines.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

Deep learning

Computer vision

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/EE/CE/Applied Math/Physics

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux

Job description

NVIDIA DRIVE team seeks a Senior Synthetic Data Engineer to design and develop a scalable synthetic-data platform for autonomous driving. You will work with NuRec and Cosmos to generate diverse sensor data and world models, supporting perception and planning networks, in Linux environments.

The role emphasizes building tools, validating data quality, and enabling rapid change through CI/CD and cloud or data-center pipelines. Equity benefits exist. Posting closes 2026-09-25.