Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Driving

About the Role

NVIDIA is hiring extraordinary software engineers to work on our Autonomous Driving team. We are a team of hardworking and motivated engineers who are passionate about autonomous driving and believe that our work will have a significant impact on the future of transportation.

What you will be doing:

• Developing and optimizing real-time software for autonomous vehicles.
• Working on various aspects of the autonomous driving stack, including perception, sensor fusion, localization, mapping, planning, and control.
• Implementing and testing algorithms on real-world data and in simulation environments.
• Collaborating with a team of engineers to design, develop, and integrate software components.
• Participating in code reviews, design discussions, and brainstorming sessions.
• Debugging and profiling software to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Contributing to the overall architecture and design of the autonomous driving system.

What we need to see:

• BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on C++ and Python.
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software design principles.
• Experience with Linux development and debugging.
• Experience with multi-process and multi-threaded development.
• Familiarity with Robot Operating System (ROS) or similar robotics frameworks.
• Experience in Autonomous Driving, Machine Learning, AI, or Computer Vision.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with CUDA or other GPU programming paradigms.
• Experience with sensor fusion, perception, localization, mapping, planning, or control algorithms for autonomous vehicles.
• Experience with simulation environments and tools for autonomous driving.
• Experience with development tools such as Jenkins, Perforce, Jira, and Git.