Waabi · 3 weeks ago
Senior / Staff Graphics Software Engineer, Sensor Simulation
San Francisco County, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$155K/yr - $269K/yr
3+ years expWaabi is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology, founded by AI pioneer Raquel Urtasun. As a Software Engineer in Sensor Simulation, you will create multi-sensor rendering software for autonomous driving, collaborating with a team of scientists and engineers to develop innovative solutions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Research Scientists and Engineers working on building a cutting-edge multi-sensor simulation stack leveraging graphics, computer vision, and machine learning
Design and implement core rendering technology for simulating cameras, LiDARs, and RADARs by mixing traditional real-time rendering with neural rendering, 3D Gaussian Splatting, generative models, etc
Collaborate with Waabi’s autonomy and safety teams to improve the realism and diversity of Waabi World
Have the opportunity to publish high-impact research at top conferences (CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICRA)
Qualification
Required
Real-time graphics experience. You've spent a minimum of three years shipping real-time rendering projects, and you have extensive experience in at least one GPU API (Vulkan, DirectX, OpenGL, or similar)
Familiarity with GPU optimization. You have a deep understanding of GPU performance, and you know how to use instrumentation and tracing tools like NSight, Tracy, or Renderdoc to identify and address bottlenecks
Strong software engineering fundamentals. You write efficient and maintainable code in systems languages such as C++ or Rust, and you are proficient in at least one shading language (GLSL, HLSL, WGSL, etc.)
A passion for building worlds. Whether you've worked on AAA games, indie titles, or complex robotics simulators, you have experience creating and working within interactive 3D environments
Preferred
Experience in working with robotics and other autonomous systems
Experience with accelerated computing like CUDA, OpenCL, and Vulkan compute pipelines
Experience with accelerated raytracing (Nvidia OptiX, Vulkan Raytracing, DXR, etc.)
Experience with Python and deep learning frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow
Experience with neural rendering (NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, etc.)
Experience working in cloud computing environments, e.g., launching and debugging GPU jobs in the cloud
Benefits
Competitive compensation and equity awards.
Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
Unlimited Vacation.
Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
Company
Waabi
Waabi is pioneering Physical AI starting with autonomous trucking.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$283.04MKey Investors
Volvo Group Venture CapitalKhosla Ventures
2024-06-18Series B· $200.48M
2023-01-18Series Unknown
2021-06-08Series A· $82.55M
Leadership Team
Raquel Urtasun
Founder & CEO
Lior Ron
COO
Recent News
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