NVIDIA · 8 hours ago
Senior Applications Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles
US, CA, Santa Clara
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$152K/yr - $288K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is reshaping the future of driving by building and deploying scalable solutions for autonomous vehicles. The role involves crafting application software architecture, leading integration efforts, and collaborating with various teams to enhance vehicle drivability and performance.
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Responsibilities
Lead vehicle software integration and bring-up activities, collaborating with internal and external partner teams to develop and launch autonomous vehicle solutions
Drive development of reusable application software by thoughtfully designing abstractions and prioritizing testability across bench and in-vehicle platforms
Integrate hardware and software components efficiently and build scalable solutions alongside our partners; understand the architecture, profile, identify bottlenecks, and optimize
Perform and leverage in-vehicle and simulation test drives for functional and performance analysis on the recorded data
Collaborate with our global engineering teams in our US, APAC, and Europe locations to deploy solutions to our customers
Qualification
Required
Excellent C/C++ development skills with good knowledge of Python
Established proficiency in system performance and complexity evaluation to optimize the system and resolve application issues
5+ years of work related experience in software development related to embedded systems and/or autonomous driving technologies
BS/MS in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
Experience with automotive design processes and standards (e.g. ISO 26262 FuSa, ISO 21448 SOTIF, ASPICE), including in-vehicle testing, simulation and development guided by measurable outcomes
Ability to adapt to fast paced development lifecycles and multi-functional organizations, new technologies and platforms
Strong analytical skills, strive for innovative solutions, with outstanding attention to details
Preferred
Familiarity of NVIDIA DRIVE platform and NVIDIA GPU hardware and CUDA programming
Software development experience on QNX or equivalent RTOS
Prior experience in application development and familiarity with middleware frameworks and intricate system-level integrations
Applied knowledge in resolving sophisticated, interrelated issues emanating from sensors to other embedded controllers on the vehicle and from interactions between applications
In-vehicle networking and application frameworks: CAN, Flexray, Ethernet, Some/IP, Classical and Adaptive AUTOSAR
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