Senior Software Engineer, Spatial Intelligence and Foundation Models
Nvidia
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Santa Clara, CA · Posted October 31, 2026
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About the job
NVIDIA is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Isaac Spatial Intelligence team within the Isaac Engineering org! You will join a group of world-class robotics software and applied research engineer