Senior Software Engineer, Metrics and Evaluation – Autonomous Vehicles

Want to join a fun, creative company that is on the cutting edge of amazing technologies? NVIDIA is developing groundbreaking solutions in some of the world’s most exciting technology areas including Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Autonomous Vehicles. We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our Planning and Control team to work on metrics and evaluation. In this role you will enable rapid planner and controller algorithm development by providing critical evaluation products. You will develop novel evaluation methodologies and the metrics needed to power them. This is an open-ended and unsolved space which requires creativity and inventiveness.

What you will be doing:

• Define and develop metrics that enable rapid debugging, testing, and evaluation of our Autonomous Vehicle software.

• Build compelling, data driven evaluation products by combining on-road driving analysis, large scale simulation, models, metrics and dashboards.

• Collaborate with machine learning engineers, infrastructure engineers and roboticists to develop novel solutions to open-ended problems

• Work with the Planning & Control team to develop and drive software testing strategies

What we need to see:

• BS, MS, or PhD or equivalent experience in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science or similar fields

• 5+ years experience working in software engineering, data science, and/or experiment design roles

• Highly proficient in Python and associated libraries (Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib)

• Familiarity programming with GIT in Linux (Ubuntu) or another Unix based system

• Ability and enthusiasm to ramp up quickly on new technical domains

• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast paced environment

• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

We would love to see a track-record of working on and shipping testing and evaluation products. We definitely want to hear from you if your background includes one or more of the following:

• Experience developing on-board planning algorithms and developed metrics for autonomous vehicle robotics systems

• Experience with evaluating precision and recall of performance metrics

• Familiarity with C++

• Experience with working in a large monorepo and with Bazel.

• Prior knowledge about vehicle simulation, path planning, vehicle control, Drive-by-Wire systems, and autonomous vehicles.

With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology industry’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working with us and our product lines are growing fast in some of the hottest fields such as virtual reality, deep learning, artificial intelligence, graphics virtualization, photo realistic rendering and more. Come join us at NVIDIA!

The base salary range is 148,000 USD – 287,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

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.