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Senior Localization and Planning Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

Location

remote, Santa Clara, CA, Redmond, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/18/2026

Compensation

$184,000 - $356,500 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
đź‘‘ Elite sponsor

Job description

We are seeking Localization and Planning Engineers to enhance autonomous driving systems through navigation maps. This role involves localizing, perception-map association, and lane selection to enable advanced vehicle features. You will work with standard navigation maps and ensure algorithms perform effectively in diverse environments. The position requires collaboration within a tightly-knit team and across various departments.

Requirements

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related fields or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of proven experience in relevant fields.
  • Strong algorithmic design background.
  • Outstanding communication and teamwork skills.
  • Meticulous craftsmanship of software in modern C++, using RAII and best exception safe coding practices.

Responsibilities

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

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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