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Senior Software Engineer, World Model Systems Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/9/2026

Compensation

$184,000 - $356,500 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
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Job description

The Automotive Vehicles team at NVIDIA is seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to enhance the company's autonomous vehicle solutions. This role involves collaborating with a global team of engineers and researchers to develop innovative perception, mapping, and localization systems. The engineer will focus on productizing groundbreaking solutions that aim to transform transportation and self-driving technology. The position promises an exciting and impactful work environment.

Requirements

  • MS or PhD in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Data Science or a related field or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of systems engineering experience on complex systems, systems analysis, data analysis, and statistical analysis
  • Experience with verification and validation of world model stacks
  • Understanding of failure analysis methodologies such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and MTBF decomposition
  • Proficiency with SQL and Python or C++

Responsibilities

  • Develop perception, mapping and localization system requirements from use cases and customer requirements
  • Perform analysis to define performance requirements and allocate performance budgets
  • Plan validation and formulate test cases and critical metrics to ensure compliance with requirements
  • Perform analysis and develop dashboards
  • Work closely with hardware engineering, safety, developers and product teams to ensure we build the right product
  • Find innovative solutions to constantly improve our processes
  • Establish relationships with all relevant partners across the organization

Benefits

  • Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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