$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing key motion planning and trajectory planning features for an autonomous driving platform. You will work on software solutions spanning design through production deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead the entire feature lifecycle, delivering motion planning solutions from initial design through to full productization and deployment.
- Model L2, L3, and L4 vehicle behaviors and driving modes by formulating them as optimal-control problems.
- Integrate perception, prediction data, and user-comfort preferences in coordination with prediction and behavior planning teams.
- Enhance driving behavior and support product quality by participating in continuous issue triage alongside product and user-experience engineers.
- Improve optimization solver performance using instruction parallelization and memory optimization techniques.
What you'll need
- 8+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Demonstrated ability to develop C++ software within large codebases using Git, Gerrit, JIRA, and Jenkins environments.
- Applied mathematics background with proficiency in linear algebra, differential equations, numerical methods, and convex optimization.
Skills: Motion Planning, C++, Autonomous Vehicles, Convex Optimization, Optimal Control
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 66-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
699
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Median days open
66 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$220k
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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 (699 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 167 | 699 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1237 | 6558 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 66 d (−12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: Motion Planning, C++, Autonomous Vehicles, Convex Optimization, Optimal Control
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 166 open roles · median 54 d
- Qualcomm · 157 open roles · median 83 d
- AMD · 69 open roles · median 58 d
- Arm Holdings · 31 open roles · median 12 d
- Mobileye · 26 open roles · median 99 d
- Intel Corporation · 15 open roles · median 23 d
How we counted: 699 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Nov 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.