Senior Software Engineer, Test - Autonomous Vehicles
NVIDIA Corporation · Santa Clara, CA
$152,000–$287,500from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior software engineering role focused on building and scaling simulation infrastructure used to test and validate autonomous driving technology across millions of virtual miles. Day-to-day work involves designing metrics and test sets for large-scale performance measurement, improving test automation tooling, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to close coverage gaps. Suits engineers with a background in simulation, autonomous systems, or robotics who are comfortable working in Python at scale.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 301,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 181,000–452,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting covers two internal levels (Level 3: $152,000–$241,500; Level 4: $184,000–$287,500). The comp min/max reported here span the full range across both levels. Hiring managers should note the level split when benchmarking.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily about building simulation infrastructure and test/metrics tooling (closer to Software Developers, 15-1252), but has a meaningful test-engineering and QA flavor (15-1253). The primary day-to-day work — designing and developing infrastructure and tooling — tips it to 15-1252.
Degree requirement is None: the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' in lieu of a BS, and also lists MS/PhD as alternatives, so no single degree is hard-gated.
Domain experience in simulation, autonomous systems, robotics, or AI is listed as 'preferably' in the required section — treated as preferred context rather than a hard gate on any specific named technology.
AV simulation frameworks, AI/ML systems, and large-scale robotics simulation experience all appear under the 'Ways to stand out from the crowd' (nice-to-have) section.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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