NVIDIA · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$148K/yr - $236K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is a leading technology company focused on autonomous driving solutions. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their DRIVE Road structure / Online mapping / Context Fusion team to develop core functionalities for autonomous driving, enabling HD mapless driving, and mentoring engineers in the field.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Consumer ElectronicsGPUHardwareSoftwareVirtual Reality
Responsibilities
Develop core functionality for autonomous driving in all geographies based on the fusion of SOTA perception DNN and map signals
Generate real-time 3D world model utilized by planning, incorporating a variety of inputs from sensors and external sources
Enable HD mapless driving in complex urban scenarios by creating enriched BEV models of the world
Build fused static obstacles and occupancy grids and build occlusion masks to enrich AV scenarios
Be a technology leader by providing the team guidance on approaches to be taken to solve the hardest of AV problems. Be a hands-on collaborator with the team
Hiring and mentoring strong engineers within the team
Make sure our algorithms work well on large amounts of real and synthetic data, in a diverse range of environments and conditions
Produce code and designs following automotive quality and safety standards
Qualification
Required
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related fields or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience, with at least 2+ years in the AV or robotics industry
2+ years of experience technically leading areas
Passion for robotics and autonomous vehicles
Drive to learn new things and tackle meaningful problems
Outstanding communication and cross-team collaboration especially with multinational teams across the globe
Independent and analytical software engineering skills
Software development experience on embedded or automotive platforms
Preferred
Background in 3D geometry, computer vision, sensor calibration, or state estimation algorithms like Kalman filters, particle filters
Significant industry experience in the AV area esp. self-driving cars
Experience developing real-time Computer Vision systems
Strong API and framework design skills
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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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