[SALARIES/NVIDIA/RESEARCH SCIENTIST]

15 SALARIED

SALARIES · NVIDIA · RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Research Scientist at NVIDIA

Median base salary for research scientist roles at NVIDIA, computed from 15 salaried postings on Great Robots. Direct from the employer, no aggregator noise.

[ MEDIAN BASE · ANNUAL · USD ]

$168KUSD

BASED ON 15 SALARIED POSTINGS AT NVIDIA

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Compensation distribution

BASE SALARY · USD

SAMPLE SIZE	15 POSTINGS
MEDIAN	$168K
25TH PERCENTILE	$168K
75TH PERCENTILE	$184K
MIN	$55K
MAX	$357K

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Open research scientist roles at NVIDIA

12 SHOWN

Senior Deep Learning Scientist, Multimodal Agentic RL

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][REINFORCEMENT LEARNING][PYTHON]

$184,000 – $287,500

Research Scientist, Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research - PhD New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][CUDA][REINFORCEMENT LEARNING][PYTHON]

$168,000 – $264,500

EXECUTIVE1D AGO

Senior Deep Learning Scientist, Multimodal Agentic RL

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][REINFORCEMENT LEARNING][PYTHON]

$184,000 – $287,500

Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][CUDA][PYTHON]

$168,000 – $264,500

Senior Deep Learning Scientist, Multimodal Agentic RL

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][REINFORCEMENT LEARNING][PYTHON]

$152,000 – $287,500

Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][CUDA][PYTHON]

$168,000 – $264,500

Research Scientist, Physical AI - Foundation Models - PhD New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][REINFORCEMENT LEARNING]

$168,000 – $264,500

EXECUTIVE2W AGO

Senior Applied Research Scientist, Multimodal Foundation Models – Healthcare

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][CUDA][TENSORRT]

$184,000 – $356,500

Senior Research Scientist - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][TENSORFLOW][CUDA][PYTHON]

$192,000 – $356,500

Senior Research Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[PYTORCH][TENSORFLOW][JAX][CUDA]

$184,000 – $356,500

Senior Research Engineer, Robotics Systems

NVIDIA·US, CA, SANTA CLARA

[ROS][GAZEBO][MUJOCO][SENSOR FUSION]

$184,000 – $356,500

Research Scientist, Robotics Research - PhD New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA·US, WA, SEATTLE

[ROS2][ROS][ISAAC SIM][MUJOCO]

$168,000 – $264,500

EXECUTIVE2MO AGO

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