- Robot type
- Robot AI and Software
- Location
- Santa ClaraCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
Senior System Software Engineer, Robotics
Job description
We are now looking for a Senior System Software Engineer to join our Robotics Team, with a strong focus on humanoid robots and embodied intelligence. For two decades, NVIDIA has pioneered visual computing through the invention of the GPU, the engine of modern accelerated computing. Today, this foundation powers breakthroughs across gaming, film, scientific research, autonomous machines, and robotics. Our team is building a robotics platform for the next generation of intelligent robots, including humanoid systems.
Job responsibilities
- Develop system software, runtime components, tools, and workflows that enable reliable, performant deployment of embodied AI models on real robots.
- Optimize model execution and system performance across compute, memory, networking, sensors, and actuators.
- Build validation, testing, benchmarking, and observability infrastructure spanning simulation, hardware-in-the-loop environments, and physical robots.
- Measure and improve critical system-level metrics, including end-to-end latency, determinism, throughput, reliability, resource utilization, and startup performance.
- Debug complex issues across application software, middleware, operating systems, device drivers, firmware, and hardware.
- Work with AI, simulation, hardware, platform, and partner teams to bring up, validate, and harden robotic systems for real-world deployment.
- Own technical issues through investigation, root-cause analysis, resolution, and field validation.
- Contribute to architectural decisions, review code, and uphold high standards for system software quality, maintainability, and operational readiness.
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