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Senior Localization and Planning Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Hybrid (Santa Clara, CA), Remote, Hybrid (Redmond, WA)$184k - $287.5k + equityFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Localization and Planning Engineer role focused on localization, perception-map association, and lane-level navigation using navigation maps to enable autonomous vehicle features. Involves designing systems, implementing algorithms, and productizing software for real-world deployment with automotive safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement systems using standard navigation maps (e.g., Google maps) to navigate the car along a route at lane level.
  • Ensure algorithms perform effectively across large-scale real-world and synthetic datasets in diverse environments.
  • Write safe, highly efficient code in C++.
  • Productize all software for real-world deployment to consumer cars, following automotive quality and safety standards (MISRA, ISO26262).

Qualifications

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related fields (or equivalent experience).
  • 8+ years of proven experience.
  • Strong algorithmic design background.
  • Outstanding communication and teamwork skills, cross-team collaboration and tight-knit team experience.
  • Meticulous craftsmanship of software in modern C++, using RAII and exception-safe coding practices.

Skills

Required:Navigation maps / map-based localizationC++ programming

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Benefits (as per NVIDIA benefits page)
Last updated Sep 4, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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