Horizon Robotics
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Autonomous Driving
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Processors, MCUs & AI Chips
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How Horizon Robotics hires
Truth index
C 59/100
Ghost roles
68%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Horizon Robotics scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 277 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 68% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Horizon Robotics is a Chinese semiconductor company founded in Beijing in 2015 that designs processors and software for advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving. Its Journey series systems on chip pair purpose-built neural network accelerators with automotive-grade reliability, and have shipped in millions of vehicles from Chinese and international carmakers including BYD, Li Auto, Volkswagen and Chery. The company sells the silicon together with perception software and full driver assistance stacks such as SuperDrive, positions itself as the domestic alternative to foreign automotive AI chips, and listed in Hong Kong in 2024.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Horizon Robotics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
171
Postings analysed
135
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
Python54%
C++50%
Perl3%
Go1%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch32%
PyTorch C++13%
Transformers9%
DeepSpeed8%
Databases
Redis3%
PostgreSQL1%
Trino1%
ElasticSearch1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux25%
Kubernetes9%
GitHub4%
CUDA Toolkit4%
AI & ML
LLM9%
VLM5%
Gaussian Splatting4%
LoRA3%
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Full Horizon Robotics tech stack
171 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Products
TogetherOS
TogetherOS is the open automotive operating system Horizon provides to carmakers building on its chips. It handles scheduling, sensor abstraction and middleware.
horizon.auto
Mono and Pilot
Mono and Pilot are the entry and mid-tier driver assistance solutions built on Journey processors. They cover lane keeping, adaptive cruise and highway assistance.
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SuperDrive
SuperDrive is the company's full urban driver assistance stack running on its own silicon. It targets point-to-point assisted driving in complex city traffic.
horizon.auto
Journey
The Journey series are Horizon's automotive systems on chip with built-in neural network accelerators. They have shipped in millions of vehicles across Chinese and international brands.
horizon.auto
People
Yu Kai
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Yu Kai founded Horizon Robotics in 2015 and leads it as chief executive. He previously founded Baidu's Institute of Deep Learning and led its autonomous driving research.
Huang Chang
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Huang Chang co-founded Horizon Robotics and leads its chip architecture work. He previously worked on processor design in the United States semiconductor industry.
Tao Fei
Co-Founder & President
Tao Fei co-founded Horizon Robotics and serves as president, overseeing its automotive business. He came from Baidu's deep learning organisation.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
42/100
Stable
Open positions
280
4 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
341 days
faster than 6% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
16% ▼
Early Careers
15% ▲
Backend
14% ▲
DevOps
13%
Industrial Engineering
11% ▼
Robotics
9% ▼
Actively hiring for Backend (+10 in 30 days)
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
9
Countries
2
Busiest office
Beijing
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Beijing
China
HQ
199 open roles 78 posted in 90 days 59% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Early Careers, Industrial Engineering
Shanghai
China
Regional office
45 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 36% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, DevOps
Nanjing
China
Engineering / R&D
18 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 83% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for QA, Robotics, Early Careers
Chengdu
China
Engineering / R&D
9 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 78% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Shenzhen
China
Regional office
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Robotics, Management
Chongqing
China
2 open roles 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Industrial Engineering
Hangzhou
China
2 open roles 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Suzhou
China
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
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Financials
Total raised
$2.3B
Latest round
IPO
Funding rounds
4
Investors
4
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPO | 2024 | $700M | $6.8B |
| Series E | 2021 | $900M | $5B |
| Series D | 2019 | $600M | $3B |
| Series C | 2017 | $100M | — |
Key Investors
SK Hynix
SK Hynix participated in Horizon Robotics' Series B round. The memory maker invests across automotive and AI silicon.
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Intel Capital
Intel Capital led Horizon Robotics' Series A financing in 2017. The investment predated the sharpening of United States restrictions on Chinese semiconductors.
intelcapital.com
Hillhouse Capital
Hillhouse Capital backed Horizon Robotics across its growth rounds. The firm invests broadly in Chinese technology and manufacturing.
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Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen invested about a billion dollars into a joint venture with Horizon Robotics for autonomous driving software. It was one of the largest foreign commitments to a Chinese chip designer.
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