Senior Software Engineer, Applied Research in Robotics at NVIDIA (Bengaluru)
Job Description
NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for applied research in robotics in Bengaluru to find high-impact robotics workloads and make them run fast, predictably and power-efficiently on its Programmable Vision Accelerator (PVA), across camera, radar, lidar, IMU, perception, planning and actuator paths.
At a glance
- Role: Senior Software Engineer, Applied Research in Robotics
- Location: Bengaluru
- Experience: 5+ years in robotics software, embedded systems, accelerated computing or perception
- Focus: mapping robotics workloads onto the PVA
- Requisition: JR2021411
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 12 October 2026)
What you will do
- Research end-to-end robotics software stacks to find and prioritise workloads worth accelerating on the PVA
- Design, implement, test and optimise PVA operators and integrate them into real robotics pipelines
- Research parallelisation and data-movement strategies for mapping robotics algorithms onto the PVA
- Study timing, memory and real-time needs across sensor, perception, planning and actuator paths
- Build benchmarks and validation infrastructure, and support internal and external teams adopting PVA acceleration
- Write maintainable C/C++ code, performance tests and documentation, using AI-assisted tools where useful
Several NVIDIA roles in Bengaluru centre on the Programmable Vision Accelerator (PVA), which the postings describe as a power-efficient, deterministic VLIW/SIMD processor used across NVIDIA’s DRIVE, Jetson and IGX platforms. Work on it spans algorithms, compilers, SDKs and future hardware.
What NVIDIA is looking for
- A BS, MS or PhD in computer science, robotics, electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years in robotics software, embedded systems, accelerated computing, computer vision, sensor processing or perception
- Strong knowledge of robotics algorithms: perception, sensor fusion, control, planning or actuator pipelines
- Strong C/C++ with low-level debugging, profiling and optimisation
- Experience mapping workloads to heterogeneous hardware (CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, SIMD/VLIW processors or accelerators)
- Deep understanding of embedded systems, SoC architecture, memory hierarchy, DMA and real-time scheduling, plus embedded Linux or QNX and ROS 2
Nice to have
- NVIDIA Jetson, DRIVE, IGX, Isaac, VPI, NvMedia or PVA
- Robotics applications using CUDA or other accelerators
- Safety standards such as ISO 26262 or IEC 61508
Pay and location
NVIDIA’s posting does not state a salary. The role is based in Bengaluru.
How to apply
Apply through the official NVIDIA job posting. NVIDIA’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 12 October 2026. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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How to prepare for this application
- Real-time robotics: be ready to discuss latency and determinism in a perception-to-control loop.
- Embedded optimisation: prepare an example of speeding up code with DMA, SIMD or cache tuning.
- ROS 2: know how nodes, executors and QoS affect timing.
- Hardware mapping: think about which robotics kernels suit a VLIW/SIMD processor and why.
- Jetson experience: mention any projects on NVIDIA embedded platforms.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, designs graphics processing units (GPUs) and accelerated computing platforms used for AI, graphics, scientific computing, autonomous vehicles and robotics. Its DRIVE, Jetson and IGX platforms, mentioned in several of its India roles, target cars, robots and industrial edge systems. NVIDIA has large engineering teams in India, with offices in Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and Gurugram.
