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Our goal is to build and deploy scalable solutions for autonomous vehicles and as a result, create safer and more efficient roads. Our team is hands-on, passionate about practical results, and values diversity.\nYou will help craft the application software architecture by working closely with external partners developing on our platform and on collaborations across multiple teams within NVIDIA working on autonomous vehicles. You will also advance and refine the overall drivability of our solution, focusing on integration challenges and using your deep analytical skills to tease through the complexity of the system to find effective solutions. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, and is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are passionate in bringing autonomous vehicles into the world and see the solution come together, we would like to hear from you!\nWhat you'll be doing:\nShape the application architecture internally, with a focus on perception & sensor fusion, by collaborating closely with architecture and software development teams.\n\nIntegrate and adapt NVIDIA solutions in target vehicles, ensuring that both perception and sensor fusion are adapted and tuned to meet the desired driving performance and functionality.\n\nLead bring-up activities and provide technical support to resolve functional and perception & sensor fusion related issues.\n\nPerform and leverage in-vehicle and simulation test drives for functional and performance analysis on the recorded data.\n\nWork with our partners to efficiently integrate hardware and software components, understand the system architecture, profile performance, identify bottlenecks, and drive optimization\n\nCollaborate with our global engineering teams in our US, APAC, and Europe locations to deploy solutions to our customers.\n\nWhat we need to see:\n5+ years of work related experience in software development related to deep learning and/or autonomous driving technologies.\n\nExperience developing and deploying deep learning-based perception solutions across diverse sensor modalities, including cameras, lidars, ultrasonics, and radar\n\nFamiliar with data flywheel for scaling deep learning-based perception solutions\n\nSolid grasp on sensor processing pipelines and their lifecycle.\n\nBS/MS in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).\n\nExcellent C/C++ development skills with good knowledge of Python.\n\nAbility to adapt to fast paced development lifecycles and multi-functional organizations, new technologies and platforms.\n\nStrong analytical skills, strive for innovative solutions, with outstanding attention to details.\n\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nExperience 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.\n\nFamiliarity of NVIDIA DRIVE platform and NVIDIA GPU hardware and CUDA programming.\n\nSoftware development experience on QNX or equivalent RTOS.\n\nContributions to or ownership of open-source project and mentorship experience.\n\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. 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