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NVIDIA is redefining the automotive industry through accelerated computing, artificial intelligence, simulation, and full-stack autonomous vehicle development. The pace and quality of AV development depend on delivering the right sensor, ground-truth, and derived data to machine learning teams reliably, transparently, and at scale. It's truly the data that makes the cars drive!
The AV MLOps Dataset Release team transforms large-scale automotive data into versioned, trustworthy datasets used to train and evaluate machine learning models across the autonomous-driving stack. We are seeking an ML Data Operations Lead to own the customer-facing operational lifecycle of these releases. In this role, you will work at the intersection of machine learning, data engineering, infrastructure, and release operations. You will partner with ML engineers to understand their data needs, translate those needs into actionable release requirements, coordinate execution with the engineering team, and ensure every release is delivered with clear validation, documentation, and communication. This is a senior individual-contributor role. It requires sufficient technical depth to investigate problems, assess delivery risk, and challenge unclear requirements, while focusing primarily on operational ownership rather than developing the underlying data pipelines.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the primary operational partner for ML engineers and other internal consumers of AV datasets.
- Capture and clarify dataset release requirements, including intended use cases, required signals and labels, data volumes, release cadence, delivery timelines, storage destinations, and acceptance criteria.
- Be responsible for the release calendar and coordinate priorities, dependencies, engineering readiness, and compute capacity across multiple concurrent dataset-release tracks.
- Monitor production release workflows from launch through delivery. Identify failures, stalled tasks, resource constraints, missing data, and other risks, then bring together the appropriate engineers and infrastructure owners to drive resolution.
- Validate release results against expected volumes, signals, versions, and quality criteria before communicating availability to customers.
- Maintain timely, accurate communication with customers regarding release status, risks, incidents, changing estimates, and recovery plans.
- Produce release notes, delivery announcements, known-issue documentation, and handoff information that enable ML teams to understand and use each dataset confidently.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of experience in ML data operations, technical service delivery, dataset operations, release operations, technical program execution, or another data-intensive operational role.
- Solid understanding of the machine learning data lifecycle, including data collection, curation, labeling, validation, versioning, release, storage, and consumption by training or evaluation pipelines.
- Ability to use SQL and data-analysis tools to investigate dataset contents, reconcile expected and delivered results, and identify quality or completeness issues.
- Strong customer orientation and skill in translating between ML engineers, data specialists, infrastructure teams, and other technical collaborators.
- Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to produce detailed requirements, release notes, status updates, incident summaries, and operating procedures.
- Excellent judgment when balancing customer timelines, engineering capacity, system reliability, data quality, and competing release priorities.
- Proven track record of influencing without direct authority and driving work to completion across a highly matrixed organization.
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where requirements, data availability, and technical constraints may change quickly.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience operating large-scale dataset generation, materialization, validation, or delivery workflows, especially for autonomous-driving, ADAS, robotics, or computer-vision systems.
- Familiarity with automotive sensor and ground-truth data, including camera, lidar, radar, mapping, calibration, or multimodal datasets.
- Hands-on experience with Python, notebooks, Databricks, dashboards, or lightweight automation used to investigate data and improve operational workflows.
- Experience defining service-level objectives, operational metrics, alerting, incident-management practices, and root-cause corrective actions.
- A track record of converting frequently repeated customer requests or operational problems into standardized, automated, and scalable services.
NVIDIA brings together some of the most skilled and creative people in technology to solve problems that were once considered impossible. You will have the opportunity to work with teams advancing autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, accelerated computing, and large-scale data systems while directly improving the speed and reliability of machine learning development.
COMPENSATION
- Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD for Level 4, and 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD for Level 5.
- You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 14, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
INTRODUCTION
NVIDIA is redefining the automotive industry through accelerated computing, artificial intelligence, simulation, and full-stack autonomous vehicle development. The pace and quality of AV development depend on delivering the right sensor, ground-truth, and derived data to machine learning teams reliably, transparently, and at scale. It's truly the data that makes the cars drive!
The AV MLOps Dataset Release team transforms large-scale automotive data into versioned, trustworthy datasets used to train and evaluate machine learning models across the autonomous-driving stack. We are seeking an ML Data Operations Lead to own the customer-facing operational lifecycle of these releases. In this role, you will work at the intersection of machine learning, data engineering, infrastructure, and release operations. You will partner with ML engineers to understand their data needs, translate those needs into actionable release requirements, coordinate execution with the engineering team, and ensure every release is delivered with clear validation, documentation, and communication. This is a senior individual-contributor role. It requires sufficient technical depth to investigate problems, assess delivery risk, and challenge unclear requirements, while focusing primarily on operational ownership rather than developing the underlying data pipelines.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the primary operational partner for ML engineers and other internal consumers of AV datasets.
- Capture and clarify dataset release requirements, including intended use cases, required signals and labels, data volumes, release cadence, delivery timelines, storage destinations, and acceptance criteria.
- Be responsible for the release calendar and coordinate priorities, dependencies, engineering readiness, and compute capacity across multiple concurrent dataset-release tracks.
- Monitor production release workflows from launch through delivery. Identify failures, stalled tasks, resource constraints, missing data, and other risks, then bring together the appropriate engineers and infrastructure owners to drive resolution.
- Validate release results against expected volumes, signals, versions, and quality criteria before communicating availability to customers.
- Maintain timely, accurate communication with customers regarding release status, risks, incidents, changing estimates, and recovery plans.
- Produce release notes, delivery announcements, known-issue documentation, and handoff information that enable ML teams to understand and use each dataset confidently.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of experience in ML data operations, technical service delivery, dataset operations, release operations, technical program execution, or another data-intensive operational role.
- Solid understanding of the machine learning data lifecycle, including data collection, curation, labeling, validation, versioning, release, storage, and consumption by training or evaluation pipelines.
- Ability to use SQL and data-analysis tools to investigate dataset contents, reconcile expected and delivered results, and identify quality or completeness issues.
- Strong customer orientation and skill in translating between ML engineers, data specialists, infrastructure teams, and other technical collaborators.
- Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to produce detailed requirements, release notes, status updates, incident summaries, and operating procedures.
- Excellent judgment when balancing customer timelines, engineering capacity, system reliability, data quality, and competing release priorities.
- Proven track record of influencing without direct authority and driving work to completion across a highly matrixed organization.
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where requirements, data availability, and technical constraints may change quickly.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience operating large-scale dataset generation, materialization, validation, or delivery workflows, especially for autonomous-driving, ADAS, robotics, or computer-vision systems.
- Familiarity with automotive sensor and ground-truth data, including camera, lidar, radar, mapping, calibration, or multimodal datasets.
- Hands-on experience with Python, notebooks, Databricks, dashboards, or lightweight automation used to investigate data and improve operational workflows.
- Experience defining service-level objectives, operational metrics, alerting, incident-management practices, and root-cause corrective actions.
- A track record of converting frequently repeated customer requests or operational problems into standardized, automated, and scalable services.
NVIDIA brings together some of the most skilled and creative people in technology to solve problems that were once considered impossible. You will have the opportunity to work with teams advancing autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, accelerated computing, and large-scale data systems while directly improving the speed and reliability of machine learning development.
COMPENSATION
- Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 258,750 USD for Level 4, and 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD for Level 5.
- You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 14, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Translate your Australian credentials for U.S. employers
A three-year Australian bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering satisfies the E-3 visa specialty occupation requirement. Have your transcripts ready and confirm your degree field maps directly to the ML Research Engineer role description before applying.
Target research labs and AI teams at scale
Focus on employers with dedicated AI research divisions rather than generalist engineering teams. Companies running large-scale model training programs are already structured to file an LCA and manage the DOL certification process without treating it as unusual overhead.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers
Search for ML Research Engineer roles with confirmed E-3 sponsorship history on Migrate Mate. Filtering by roles where employers have already filed LCAs for similar positions saves you from pursuing opportunities where sponsorship willingness is unclear from the outset.
Negotiate offer timing around LCA certification windows
Your employer must file the LCA with the DOL and receive certification before you can apply at the consulate. Build at least three to four weeks into your start date timeline after signing an offer to allow for DOL processing without delaying your consulate appointment.
Distinguish your research output from engineering roles
Consular officers assess whether your role genuinely requires specialized research credentials. Bring published papers, model documentation, or research project summaries that demonstrate your work goes beyond applied software engineering into original ML inquiry.
File through a structured service to avoid LCA errors
LCA filings that misclassify the prevailing wage level or job title for an ML Research Engineer role can delay or complicate your visa. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service handles the LCA submission, wage determination, and consulate preparation end-to-end.
E-3 Visa ML Research Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find ML Research Engineer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Search for ML Research Engineer roles directly on Migrate Mate, which surfaces positions from employers with E-3 sponsorship history. Filtering by role and visa type shows you companies that have already filed LCAs for similar positions, so you're not starting from scratch trying to assess each employer's willingness to sponsor an Australian national.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does an ML Research Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, ML Research Engineer positions qualify as specialty occupations under the E-3 because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, statistics, or electrical engineering. Roles involving original model development, algorithm research, or advanced neural network design have a strong record of LCA approval because the degree-to-job connection is well established with the DOL.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for ML Research Engineer roles?
The E-3 is significantly more practical for Australian ML researchers than the H-1B. There's no annual lottery, no cap to worry about, and you can apply at the consulate within weeks of receiving a certified LCA. H-1B requires registration in March and a lottery selection that leaves most applicants waiting a year or longer before they can start. The E-3 lets you respond to offers on a normal hiring timeline.
Can I switch ML Research Engineer employers while on an E-3?
Yes, but the process restarts with the new employer. Your new employer must file a fresh LCA with the DOL and have it certified before you can apply for a new E-3 at the consulate or change status if you're already in the United States. There's no portability provision equivalent to the H-1B's 60-day rule, so plan your transition timing carefully to avoid a gap in authorized employment.