NVIDIA · 17 hours ago
Senior Research Engineer, Robotics Systems
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $356K/yr
8+ years expNVIDIA is searching for a senior or principal engineer who specializes in robotics systems in the Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group. The role involves designing and maintaining teleoperation software for humanoid robots, developing control algorithms, and collaborating on model training and data processing.
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Responsibilities
Design and maintain teleoperation software for controlling humanoid robots with low latency and high precision
Develop and optimize the control stack, including locomotion, manipulation, and whole-body control algorithms
Deploy and evaluate neural network models in physics simulation and on real humanoid hardware
Implement tools and processes for regular robot maintenance, diagnostics, and troubleshooting to ensure system reliability
Monitor teleoperators at the lab and develop quality assurance workflows to ensure high-quality data collection
Collaborate with researchers on model training, data processing, and the full MLOps lifecycle
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience; advanced degrees are helpful
8+ years of full-time industry experience in robotics hardware or software full-stack
Hands-on experience with deploying and debugging neural network models on robotic hardware
Ability to implement real-time control algorithms, teleoperation stack, and sensor fusion
Proficiency in languages such as Python, Rust, C++, and experience with robotics frames (ROS) and physics simulation (Gazebo, Mujoco, Isaac, etc.)
Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting robotic systems, including mechanical, electrical, and software components
Physically work on-site at NVIDIA HQ on all business days
Preferred
Master's or PhD's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field
Experience at autonomous driving or humanoid robotics companies on real hardware deployment
Experience in robot hardware design
Demonstrated Tech Lead experience, coordinating a team of robotics engineers and driving projects from conception to deployment as well as contributions to popular open-source robotics frameworks or research publications in top-tier conferences, such as ICRA, IROS, RSS, CoRL
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