Senior Software Engineer, Mapping - Autonomous Vehicles

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer for Autonomous Vehicles in the DRIVE mapping team. A detailed HD map is required for localization, it provides critical information for planning, and it increases safety via redundant systems.

In this role, you will help craft and guide our low-cost map building solution, which is the future of NVIDIA's autonomous vehicle mapping system. We seek extraordinary engineers who are passionate about building self-driving cars and who have a background in mapping, software design, and embedded real-time software. Are you interested in inventing human level AI for navigation in the unconstrained world under any conditions? If so, join us!

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop core functionality for map-based driving.
• Download map content on the fly based on car requests in a safety critical manner.
• Design and integrate algorithmic solutions into the core of NVIDIA AV.
• Fuse data from the map after localization with perception.
• Handle real-time system signals in the car running all over the world.
• Write safe embedded software code to run in real-time systems.
• Develop highly efficient product code in C++ and make use of algorithmic parallelism offered by GPGPU programming (CUDA).
• Produce code and designs following automotive quality and safety standards (AUTOSAR, ISO 26262).
• Review teammates' architecture, design, and software code.
• Mentor newer team members in software engineering and your unique expertise areas

What We Need To See:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of proven experience building robust software
• At least 3 years of C++ development experience
• Passion for robotics and autonomous vehicles
• Drive to learn new things and tackle meaningful problems
• Outstanding communication and cross-team collaboration
• Independent and analytical software engineering skills

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Software development on embedded or automotive platforms
• Global-scale map building and geographic information systems (GIS)
• Background in 3D geometry and graphics
• Runtime optimization of code using profilers
• Strong API and framework design skills
• Experience with CUDA parallel programming

We believe that building self-driving vehicles will be a defining contribution of our generation (e.g. traffic accidents are responsible for ~1.25 million deaths per year world-wide). We have the funding and scale, but we need your help on our team. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers with some of the most forward-thinking people in the world working here. If you're entrepreneurial and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act requires that NVIDIA provide the compensation range and benefits offered for this position if performed in Colorado. The base salary range for this position in Colorado is $162,000.00 - 222,750.00 USD.
NVIDIA also offers a comprehensive benefits package. We provide health care coverage, dental and vision, 401(K), including company matching and after tax contributions, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation leave, professional time off, life and disability protection. Employees in eligible sales and positions may also be eligible for commission.

Base pay is based on market location and may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, and other job-related reasons.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.