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System Software Engineer, Calibration - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

Company websitenvidia.com (NVIDIA, opens in new tab)

Base salary $152,000  to $287,500

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Santa Clara, CA

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  • LocationSanta Clara, CA
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About this job

We are looking for a Software Engineer for Autonomous Vehicles supporting Calibration. We are seeking software engineers with interests in computer vision, calibration, egomotion, sensor fusion, handling large and complex software systems on automotive and embedded platforms to work as part of NVIDIA’s autonomous vehicles team. You will be supporting the calibration team with development and validation of the calibration / egomotion algorithms on vehicles, maintaining and productizing existing calibration approaches, supporting infrastructure in first level triaging and monitoring calibration performance across the fleet. You will be working with NVIDIA's OEM partners to help bring up existing and new calibration-related features on prototype and pilot production vehicles.

What you will be doing:

  • Develop new approaches and implement improvements to existing algorithms for sensor calibration for ADAS using both classical and deep learning methods.

  • Work with large amounts of real and synthetic data to evaluate and improve the algorithmic and computational performance of sensor calibration.

  • Develop and optimize software architecture and frameworks for real-world performance towards internal and external customer requirements.

  • Work with a variety of sensor modalities: camera, LIDAR, radar, IMU, GPS, odometry, etc.

  • Develop unit tests, documentation for features, evaluate quality and propose improvements and corrective actions.

  • Develop highly efficient product code in C++, making use of high algorithmic parallelism offered by GPGPU programming (CUDA). 

  • Develop production code to strict quality and safety standards such as MISRA and AUTOSAR.

  • Develop and maintain fleet monitoring tools supporting calibration of a large vehicle fleet.

  • Perform in-vehicle tests and troubleshooting, mining/analyzing data and completing drive missions.

  • Adopt and improve calibration algorithms on existing and new vehicle variants.

What we need to see:

  • PhD with 1+ year, MS with 3+ years, or BS (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

  • Excellent C++ and Python programming skills.

  • General knowledge of fundamental algorithms in Robotics, Controls / Estimation and 3D Computer Vision.

  • Strong knowledge of programming and debugging techniques, especially for automotive / robotics systems.

  • Great communication and analytical skills including contributing critical and constructive design and code review.

  • Comfort with local/remote Linux machines, git, build systems.

  • Self-motivation and a great teammate.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Experience with data-parallel and/or CUDA programming.

  • Experience with performance analysis, optimizations and benchmarking.

  • Background with automotive systems, notably ADAS applications.

  • Deep experience with bazel, docker, VSCode plugins, code analysis/QoL tools.

  • Proven track record of working on calibration related projects, i.e. developing new calibration algorithms

#AutonomousVehicles

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3; and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Source: NVIDIA on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($152,000) is above 28% of the 4,313 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 86 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,100; the middle half runs from $149,100 to $203,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live NVIDIA roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live NVIDIA roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
System Software Engineer, Calibration - Autonomous Vehicles (this listing)$152,000 - $287,500
Senior Networking Architect$152,000 - $287,500
Solutions Architect, AI and ML$152,000 - $287,500
Infrastructure Solutions Architect - OEM$152,000 - $287,500
Senior Software Engineer, CUTLASS Performance$152,000 - $287,500
Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems Engineer, EDA Infrastructure$152,000 - $287,500
Senior Graphics Driver Engineer$152,000 - $241,500

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All NVIDIA roles · How to read the bar

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2026-10-30
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Location as the employer wrote it: US, CA, Santa Clara (Levels 3-4 combined)

152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3; and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4.

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