NVIDIA is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Systems Inspection in Santa Clara to develop AI products for semiconductor analysis. The role focuses on transforming research into deployable products while enhancing model quality and operational readiness for industrial inspection scenarios. The engineer will work with a small, high-impact team to address challenges in semiconductor manufacturing, including limited data and stringent deployment requirements. This position offers the opportunity to innovate in the field of computer vision and multimodal AI.

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of proven experience in systems design, architecture, and software development.
• 4+ years of current experience in deep learning, machine learning, computer vision, or applied AI.
• Strong Python skills and experience with modern deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience developing or applying foundational world models in computer vision for classification, detection, segmentation, anomaly detection, or multimodal understanding.
• A record of technical leadership in domain-adaptation approaches relevant to inspection problems.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Define and prototype AI system architectures for semiconductor defect inspection across various inspection workflows.
• Advance WFM capabilities for semiconductor inspection, including multimodal representation learning and model adaptation.
• Partner with customers and internal teams to integrate and improve computer vision and multimodal workflows for defect detection.
• Design agentic inspection flows for air-gapped fab environments that connect various inspection processes.
• Apply semiconductor metrology and inspection context to improve model quality and fab decision support.
• Address noisy and limited fab data through various calibration and augmentation techniques.
• Turn research into customer-ready semiconductor inspection products with clear evaluation and optimization approaches.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to set priorities for next-generation semiconductor AI inspection systems.

• 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.