Nvidia Senior Software Engineer Behavior Planning - Autonomous Vehicles 

United States, Texas 

606393821

What you will be doing:

• Develop reliable, redundant, and safety-critical algorithms for behavior and motion planning on highways and urban roads

• Work on fundamental problems in redundant actuation, degraded operation, and fail-safe control

• Architect, design, and implement new behavior planning features based on product driven requirements

• Test and validate the functionalities in various scenarios in the simulation environment as well as on the road

• Design an autonomous system with safety concept that works in multiple different settings, e.g. geographical regions, sensors, map availability, and diverse environmental conditions

• Collaborate with a diverse group of engineers of other domains including perception, mapping, vehicle control, and user experience

What we need to see:

• BS or higher in an engineering technical field (Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, etc.) or equivalent experience

• 8+ years of experience in software development

• Applied robotics experience

• Strong knowledge of C/C++

• Familiarity with Python

• Comfortable developing in Linux or another Unix based system

• Ability to think analytically and solve technical problems in a compute constrained system

• Ability to multitask and prioritize

• Excellent communication skills

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• 2+ years of experience in AV software development and deploying code in production

• PhD in a relevant field or related research experience is helpful

• Expert level understanding of planning algorithms and/or having a controls background

• Knowledge of CUDA is a plus