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Senior Software Triage Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles
Nvidia Corporation · 🇺🇸 US, CA, Santa Clara
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Nvidia Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles701 certified filings for “Engineer Senior Systems Software” (Software Developers) in CA: $173k–$214k, median $190k. Most were filed at wage level IV (82%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here (152,000 USD) is below what this employer usually pays sponsored hires for this role. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. We are a world - class autonomous driving hardware and software development team. We have the best platform and have maintained a leading position in the field of artificial intelligence. Next, we will continue to deepen our efforts in the autonomous driving field and strive to bring sustained growth to our customers. We're looking for a Senior Software Triage Engineer with strong technical ability to deeply understand architectures and strong scripting experience to automate and Triage methodology, and the leadership to encourage our engineering team. As a key member of our automotive group, you'll be working on the real time challenges outstanding to the automotive industry and our automotive products. This is a key role to support AV software agile iteration & development for the release of clients, together working with the engineering teams, understanding the AV stack deeply and providing data-based judgement and delivering high-quality AV software to end customer. What you’ll be doing: • Work with Product, Engineering, Model/SW Devs, In-car testing, Fleet teams on test request and triage planning, do live triage with accurate analysis and debugging steps, present top issues by end of day. • Deep understanding on AD product definition and system specification, develop and maintain product performance with Top N based on triage analysis of in-car test and digital test. • Work with collaborator teams to define test/triage target, requirements and process, supervise and improve triage efficiency and quality by steps. • Automate product critical metric generation and robust evaluation to represent on the dashboard, provide triage target vision to support critical metric teams to understand the current state of our product/software and make priorities. • Root cause and address the problems and drive them closure. What we need to see: • Bachelors or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related fields • 8+ proven experience on ADAS/AD vehicle test, digital offline test or triage data analysis • Technical in nature and be able to zoom in and out of scope as needed from the lowest detail to high level vision of the job • Prior experience in Vehicle/System Integration, SW components debug, AD vehicle testing at large scale • Prior experience trouble-shooting and triage workflows including Replay and Simulation • Excellent communication and presentation skills to report top issues • Problem solver and “Buck stops with you” Ways to stand out from the crowd: • Strong in scripting/tools development. • Expert reciprocal and interpersonal skills, specifically a confirmed ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic work environment. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 253,000 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 27, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.