Senior Robotics Software Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 16 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on building the humanoid reference platform that features NVIDIA's robotics technologies.
About the role
As a Robotics Software Engineer on the Isaac Applications Team, you will bring together the software and hardware that enable Physical AI robots to operate in the real world. This role focuses on building the humanoid reference platform that features NVIDIA's robotics technologies.
What you'll do
- Build end-to-end workflows to develop, evaluate, and deploy autonomous and interactive robot capabilities.
- Extend the platform to new robot embodiments and demonstrate adaptability through hands-on integration and validation.
- Address real-world compute, latency, and bandwidth constraints on physical hardware.
- Collaborate across teams in Shanghai, America, and Europe to connect capabilities and deliver reliable robotic systems.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience working on robotics software.
- Hands-on experience integrating, deploying, and testing software on physical robots.
- Experience deploying and evaluating learned policies to control physical robots.
- Broad working knowledge of robotics software, hardware, AI, and agentic systems.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including tracing issues across software and hardware boundaries.
Skills: robotics software, physical robots, AI agents, end-to-end workflows, robot capabilities, hardware integration
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 60-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
682
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (682 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 129 | 682 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 971 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 44 d | 60 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: robotics software, physical robots, AI agents, end-to-end workflows, robot capabilities, hardware integration
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 169 open roles · median 79 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 130 open roles · median 46 d
- AMD · 63 open roles · median 52 d
- Mobileye · 27 open roles · median 73 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 54 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 115 d
How we counted: 682 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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 — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.