Senior Applications Software Engineer, Perception and Sensor Fusion - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$152,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role focuses on architecting and integrating application software for autonomous vehicles, specifically addressing perception and sensor fusion challenges within NVIDIA solutions.
What you'll do
- Shape application architecture, focusing on perception & sensor fusion, in collaboration with development teams.
- Integrate and adapt NVIDIA solutions in target vehicles, tuning perception and sensor fusion for driving performance.
- Lead bring-up activities and provide technical support for functional and perception & sensor fusion issues.
- Perform and leverage in-vehicle and simulation test drives for functional and performance analysis.
- Work with partners to integrate hardware and software, profile performance, and optimize solutions.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams to deploy solutions to customers.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of software development experience related to deep learning and/or autonomous driving technologies.
- Experience developing and deploying deep learning-based perception solutions across diverse sensor modalities, including cameras, lidars, ultrasonics, and radar.
- Familiarity with data flywheel for scaling deep learning-based perception solutions.
- Solid grasp on sensor processing pipelines and their lifecycle.
- BS/MS in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, or related technical field.
- Excellent C/C++ development skills with good knowledge of Python.
Nice to have
- Experience with automotive design processes and standards (e.g. ISO 26262 FuSa, ISO 21448 SOTIF, ASPICE), including in-vehicle testing, simulation, and development.
- Familiarity with NVIDIA DRIVE platform and NVIDIA GPU hardware and CUDA programming.
- Software development experience on QNX or equivalent RTOS.
- Contributions to or ownership of open-source project and mentorship experience.
Skills: autonomous vehicles, perception, sensor fusion, deep learning, customer integration
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 95-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
148
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Median days open
95 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (148 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 148 |
| Median days open | 126 d | 95 d (+31 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: autonomous vehicles, perception, sensor fusion, deep learning, customer integration
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 81 d
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- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 26 d
How we counted: 148 open Applications FAE (Automotive IC) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.