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Senior Research Scientist - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA· Research Staff Member
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Santa Clara, CA$192k - $304.8kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior Research Scientist role in NVIDIA's Autonomous Vehicle Research group focusing on basic and applied research in vehicle autonomy, publishing results, and transferring research to production systems.

Responsibilities

  • Designing and implementing cutting-edge techniques in the field of vehicle autonomy.
  • Publish and present your original research, speak at conferences and events.
  • Collaborate with other research team members, a diverse set of internal product teams, and external researchers.
  • Have a broader impact through the transfer and/or open-source of the technology you've developed to relevant product groups.
  • Collaborate closely with product teams to transfer research results into high-end, production-level systems.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 6+ years of relevant research experience in the field of vehicle / robot autonomy.
  • Strong knowledge of theory and practice of vehicle / robot autonomy, or a related area with a strong interest in connecting your work to autonomous vehicles.
  • A track record of research excellence with your work published in top conferences and journals such as RSS, ICRA, IJRR, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, TAC, etc, and other research artifacts such as software projects
  • Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills
  • Exceptional programming skills in Python; C++ and parallel programming (e.g., CUDA).
  • Solid understanding of common machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch and Tensorflow.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required along with the ability to work in a dynamic, research-focused team.

Skills

Required:PythonC++PyTorchMachine LearningCommunication
Nice to have:TensorFlow

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (see https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/)
Last updated Aug 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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