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NVIDIA

Senior Algorithm Engineer/Architect for Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA
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senior full-time 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356

First indexed 17 Oct 2026

Description

We are looking for a Senior algorithm engineer/architect for Autonomous Vehicles to do online mapping.

In this role, you will help craft and guide the future of our autonomous driving solution that helps the car perceive the world around it and build the 3D model of the driving environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Generate real-time 3D world model utilized by planning, incorporating a variety of inputs from sensors and external sources.
  • Enable HD mapless driving in complex urban scenarios by creating enriched BEV models of the world.
  • Design and integrate algorithmic solutions into the core of NVIDIA AV.
  • Write safe embedded software code to run in real-time systems.
  • Develop highly efficient product code in C++ and make use of algorithmic parallelism offered by GPGPU programming (CUDA).
  • Produce code and designs following automotive quality and safety standards.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s / Master’s / PhD in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience) with 6+ years of experience.
  • Software industry experience.
  • Strong C++ development skills.
  • Passion for robotics and autonomous vehicles.
  • Drive to learn new things and tackle meaningful problems.
  • Outstanding communication and cross-team collaboration.
  • Independent and analytical software engineering skills.
  • Software development on embedded or automotive platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Background in 3D geometry, computer vision, or state estimation algorithms like Kalman filters, particle filters.
  • Understanding of ADASISv2 as well as crowdsourced maps and geographic information systems (GIS).
  • Runtime optimization of code using profilers.
  • Experience with CUDA parallel programming.

The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.