Senior Localization and Planning Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA Corporation

7/13/2025

US, CA, Santa Clara

Full-time

Salary: $184,000 - $356,500 per year

Job Description

Join NVIDIA as a Localization and Planning Engineer to work on autonomous driving systems, specifically with navigation maps for advanced features in self-driving cars.

Requirements

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
Prior industrial experience with navigation maps, online mapping, or lane planning

Responsibilities

Design and implement systems using standard navigation maps for autonomous vehicles
Work on localizing, perception-map association, and lane selection with navigation maps
Write safe, highly efficient code in C++
Productize software for real-world deployment to consumer cars
Follow automotive quality and safety standards (MISRA, ISO26262)

Benefits

Multiple relocation packages
Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering
Flexible work arrangements
Up to 6% 401K matching