NVIDIA

Autonomous Vehicles

SeniorSystemSoftwareEngineer

$184–357k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior System Software Engineer at NVIDIA. Skills: C++ programming, multithreaded/distributed applications development, sensor drivers and interfaces, data streaming, recording and playback, vehicle interface abstraction, GPGPU programming (CUDA). Create and optimize software architecture and frameworks for real-world performance. Develop sensor drivers, plug-ins, and processing functions around sensor data”

What You'll Achieve.

matching or exceeding customer requirements; enable self-driving

Industry & Context.

Autonomous Vehicles
Problems you'll solve

analytical skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience), Excellent C and C++ programming skills, 8+ years of proven experience developing and debugging multithreaded/distributed applications like multimedia systems, game engines, etc., knowledge of programming and debugging techniques, especially for parallel and distributed architectures, Background on Linux, Android, and/or other real-time operating systems, Experience with sensors such as cameras, LiDAR, radar, ultrasonics, IMU, GPS, Experience with vehicle control interfaces, Thrive on writing low latency, highly performant code, Great communication and analytical skills

Nice to Have

Understanding of embedded architectures, Experience with data-parallel and/or GPGPU programming, CUDA, and OpenCL, Software development for modern OpenGL (Core Profile) and Linux, Experience with version control systems GIT and build system CMake

What You'll Do.

Create and optimize software architecture and frameworks for real-world performance

Develop sensor drivers

and processing functions around sensor data

Create highly efficient sensor data recording

playback and visualization tools

Perform in-vehicle tests

collect data and analyze integrity

Develop interfaces to the vehicles to enable self-driving

Support data collection campaigns for autonomous vehicle program

documentation for features

Create highly efficient product code in C++

Make use of high algorithmic parallelism offered by GPGPU programming (CUDA)

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Working with vendors developing innovative sensors for vehicles; Working with our car teams and control teams to develop interfaces to the vehicles to enable self-driving

Communication Scope

Great communication and analytical skills

Full Job Description

The Autonomous Vehicles Platform team is now looking for a Senior System Software Engineer. Our team builds the NVIDIA DriveWorks SDK with the goal to provide a scalable software stack and framework to build autonomous vehicles. We are seeking software engineers with interests in designing, developing and maintaining many aspects of the core technology around sensor drivers and interfaces, data streaming, data recording and playback, and vehicle interface abstraction. **What You Will Be Doing:** * Create and optimize software architecture and frameworks for real-world performance while matching or exceeding customer requirements. * Working with vendors developing innovative sensors for vehicles. * Developing sensor drivers, plug-ins, and processing functions around sensor data. * Create highly efficient sensor data recording, playback and visualization tools. * Performing in-vehicle tests, collecting data and analyzing integrity. * Working with our car teams and control teams to develop interfaces to the vehicles to enable self-driving. * Supporting data collection campaigns for our autonomous vehicle program. * Developing unit tests, documentation for features, evaluating quality and proposing corrective actions. * Creating highly efficient product code in C++, making use of high algorithmic parallelism offered by GPGPU programming (CUDA), and following quality and safety standards such as defined by MISRA. **What We Need to See:** * BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience). * Excellent C and C++ programming skills. * 8+ years of proven experience developing and debugging multithreaded/distributed applications like multimedia systems, game engines, etc. * Strong knowledge of programming and debugging techniques, especially for parallel and distributed architectures. * Background on Linux, Android, and/or other real-time operating systems. * Experience with sensors such as cameras, LiDAR, radar, ultrasonics, IMU, GP

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