Senior Software Engineer, Humanoid Robotics

Location: China, Shanghai

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

As a Senior Robotics Software Engineer on the Isaac Applications Team, you will build agentic workflows for Physical AI robots—connecting simulation, robot learning, and real-world deployment. You will develop tools that enable AI agents to help developers create, execute, and improve end-to-end workflows that bring learned robot behaviors from simulation to the real world. The ideal candidate brings strong software engineering skills, hands-on experience with physical robots, and an interest in applying AI agents to robotics development.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Design and build agentic workflows that connect simulation, robot learning, and deployment on physical robots.
• Develop reliable, testable tools that enable AI agents to create, execute, and improve these workflows.
• Validate these tools and workflows on a humanoid reference platform, evaluating their effectiveness in transferring learned policies to real robots and showcasing NVIDIA’s robotics technology.
• Collaborate across teams in Shanghai, America, and Europe to integrate robotics capabilities and deliver practical, repeatable development workflows.

What We Need To See:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience, and 3+ years of experience in the field.
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and testing software on physical robots.
• Experience deploying and evaluating learned policies to control physical robots.
• Experience using AI coding agents to develop software, with the programming knowledge and engineering judgment to review, debug, and validate generated code.
• Interest in applying AI agents to robotics development, with the ability to learn and evaluate new approaches.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently through ambiguous technical challenges.
• Clear communication skills, including English, and experience collaborating across teams.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Developing AI agents that support software development or automate multi-step technical workflows.
• Training, evaluating, or transferring learned robot policies from simulation to humanoid robots or mobile manipulators.

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. You’ll work alongside some of the most brilliant and talented engineers in the world. With our unprecedented growth, our extraordinary engineering teams are expanding rapidly. If you are a creative, autonomous engineer with a genuine passion for technology, we want to hear from you!