NVIDIASoftware Engineer Intern, Robotics - 2027
NVIDIA is hiring a Software Engineer Intern, Robotics - 2027 in Shanghai, China. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
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- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- The posting mentions PyTorch, Python and C among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as an internship.
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Software Engineer Intern in robotics building platforms for physical AI robots, simulation, and real-world deployment.
As a Software Engineer intern on the NVIDIA Isaac projects, you will help build the platform for Physical AI robots — enabling sim-first development, real-world deployment, and continuous learning to make them smarter over time. The ideal candidate will have strong software engineering skills for real-time robotics applications and real-world experience with multi-body robots, such as humanoids and surgical robots.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Bring the latest advancements in Physical AI to simulated and real robots by building the runtime framework and healthcare industrial workflows, showcasing the power of NVIDIA's technology.
- Collaborate across team boundaries to integrate NVIDIA robotics products such as Jetson Thor, Isaac GR00T, Holoscan, and Isaac Sim/Lab into the solution for robots.
- Take on a variety of challenges, bridging between research and commercial environments.
- Deploy and test the developed software on real robots.
What we need to see:
- Master's degree or above in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Skilled at robotic policy development workflow, from lab to launch: teleoperation, synthetic data generation, domain randomization, VLA and RL post-training, sim2real transfer, deployment with edge AI platforms.
- Familiar with popular VLA and RL algorithms, co-working with robotics researchers to design robotic policy for specific tasks, especially healthcare scenes.
- Proven experience in designing and building robotics software stacks.
- Proficiency in Python, C++, PyTorch. Willingness to learn new languages and tools as needed.
- Ability to adapt to fast-paced development lifecycles, multi-functional organizations, new technologies and platforms.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to determine the best approach to complex challenges.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to working effectively with diverse teams.
Ways to Stand out from The Crowd:
- Familiarity with NVIDIA robotics products such as Jetson, Isaac GR00T, Cosmos, Isaac for healthcare, and Isaac Sim/Lab.
- Experience with VLA / Reinforcement Learning.
- Experience with healthcare robots, humanoid robots, and surgery robots.
With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to outstanding growth, our special engineering teams are growing fast. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a genuine passion for technology, we want to hear from you!
How we rate this
Software Engineer Intern, Robotics - 2027 at NVIDIA rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- $168k
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- Tell me about a project where robotics was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where reinforcement learning was part of your work. What did you do?
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- What's a project where you used PyTorch hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Python in your day-to-day work.
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