Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles
- Full-Time
- Santa Clara, CA
- NVIDIA
- Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
The Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is searching for engineers to develop and bring NVIDIA's automotive platform out to the world. You will participate in a focused effort to develop and productize ground-breaking solutions that will redefine the world of transportation and the growing field of self-driving cars. Work with hardworking and dedicated multi-functional engineering development teams across various vehicle subsystems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, while achieving or exceeding all meaningful NVIDIA and automotive standards & guidelines. You'll find the work is exciting, fun, and very meaningful. We have customers, and competition.
NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to solve, that only we can pursue, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work: to amplify human creativity and intelligence. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us. If you're creative, autonomous, and love a challenge, we would love to hear.
What you'll be doing:
Architect/lead development of simulation platform to match the actual car platform on road!
Design and implement simulation-based automotive platform to accelerate development of Autonomous Vehicle software, including driver implementation/improvements, system integration, performance/power optimization, stress/stability/compliance test
Collaborate across software, hardware, and product management teams to define, plan and deliver on simulation-first development workflows, following all the way through the development process from design, development, hardware bringup to productization
Drive the reliability of the software solution which includes RADAR, LiDAR, Camera sensors, egomotion modeling, processing and fusion
Work towards enabling the best user experience by analyzing complex technical issues and independently drive resolution across multiple teams
Work in an environment which involves embedded computing using Hypervisor, Linux, QNX RTOS as well as distributed computing using Linux and container
Provide technical leadership and career mentorship to the team
What we need to see:
BS, MS in CS/CE/EE or related field (or equivalent experience)
8+ years of experience
Excellent C/C++ programming skills
Strong Linux kernel, low level system software experience
Strong debugging skills from application to kernel level
Ability and flexibility to work and communicate effectively in a multi-national, multi-time-zone corporate environment
Self-motivated and good teammate
Embedded system, SW/HW cross-domain knowledge
Device driver knowledge is a major plus
Experience in software architecture design
Master of software debugging tools: software debuggers, analyzers, trace loggers
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
Prior experience in Automotive field
Background in QNX RTOS and debug tools
Worked with CAN and tools, RADAR, LiDAR is a plus
Experience with AUTOSAR SW and development tools
Familiarity with cloud-based workflows is a plus