System Software Engineer - Omniverse

NVIDIA•St. Louis, MO

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a Software Engineer to join their team, focusing on the intersection of robotics, simulation, developer workflows, and core software infrastructure. The role involves building robust and flexible software components and integrations for modern robotics and simulation workflows. The engineer will contribute to systems that operate in both local and distributed environments, connect various software components and frameworks, and enhance the reliability and usability of NVIDIA's software stack. This position offers opportunities for growth in areas such as robotics, simulation, core software libraries, integration layers, developer tooling, and performance-oriented systems/simulation software.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
3+ years of experience with software development skills in C++ and Python.
Good understanding of core software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, APIs, debugging, testing, and maintainable code design.
Comfort working in Linux environments and using shell scripting or command-line tools.
Curiosity about building reliable software systems and improving code quality over time.
Strong curiosity, learning ability, and willingness to work across unfamiliar technical areas as the team’s needs evolve.
Good collaboration and communication skills, and a willingness to work closely with more experienced engineers and multi-functional partners.

Nice To Haves

Experience with robotics, simulation, or autonomous systems through coursework, projects, internships, research, or open-source work.
Experience integrating software components, libraries, frameworks, or services across a larger system.
Familiarity with developer tooling, CI/CD, test automation, or software release workflows.
Exposure to distributed systems, containers, cloud-connected services, or Kubernetes.
Experience with systems-level software, including concurrency, memory efficiency, profiling, or optimization.
Rust, Go, Dashboards experience will be a plus.

Responsibilities

Contribute to production-quality software across robotics, simulation, tooling, and integration layers.
Design, implement, test, and maintain software components that are robust, flexible, and easy to evolve.
Integrate frameworks, runtimes, libraries, and services across NVIDIA's software stack.
Support robotics and simulation workflows, including sensor, physics, runtime, or content-related components.
Improve software quality through testing, debugging, code review, documentation, and automation.
Contribute to developer productivity and engineering efficiency through tooling, scripting, and workflow improvements.
Learn and work across a range of current and emerging areas, including robotics platforms, simulation environments, cloud-connected workflows, and core high-performance software components.
Work with multi-functional teams including software engineers, simulation engineers, robotics researchers, and technical artists.