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Senior Research Engineer, Robotics Systems

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Santa Clara, CA$184k - $356.5kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior/Principal engineer in the Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group focused on robotics systems, working on multimodal foundation models, large-scale robot learning, embodied AI, and physics simulation for humanoid robots.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain teleoperation software for controlling humanoid robots with low latency and high precision
  • Develop and optimize the control stack, including locomotion, manipulation, and whole-body control algorithms
  • Deploy and evaluate neural network models in physics simulation and on real humanoid hardware
  • Implement tools and processes for regular robot maintenance, diagnostics, and troubleshooting to ensure system reliability
  • Monitor teleoperators at the lab and develop quality assurance workflows to ensure high-quality data collection
  • Collaborate with researchers on model training, data processing, and the full MLOps lifecycle

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience; advanced degrees are helpful
  • 8+ years of full-time industry experience in robotics hardware or software full-stack
  • Hands-on experience with deploying and debugging neural network models on robotic hardware
  • Ability to implement real-time control algorithms, teleoperation stack, and sensor fusion
  • Proficiency in languages such as Python, Rust, C++, and experience with robotics frames (ROS) and physics simulation (Gazebo, Mujoco, Isaac, etc.)
  • Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting robotic systems, including mechanical, electrical, and software components
  • Physically work on-site at NVIDIA HQ on all business days

Skills

Required:TeleoperationControl algorithmsNeural network deploymentSensor fusion

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (see company benefits page)
Last updated Aug 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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