Senior Software Engineer, Metrics and Evaluation - Autonomous Vehicles at Nvidia Corporation in Santa Clara, California

Job Description:

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 used to track the performance of our Autonomous Vehicle.
  
  


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


• Work closely with the Planning and Control teams to ensure our evaluation products accelerate vehicle improvements.
  
  


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

What we need to see:

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


• 4+ years experience working on data engineering, data science, analytics, and/or experiment design
  
  


• Excellent knowledge of Python and associated libraries (Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib)
  
  


• Experience with C++
  
  


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


• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast paced environment
  
  


• Excellent interpersonal skills
  
  

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

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

• Experience writing metrics for autonomous vehicle systems
  
  


• Background with modern data processing pipelines and technologies (i.e. Hadoop, Spark, Airflow)
  
  


• An understanding of fundamental physics - kinematic and dynamic models of rigid bodies
  
  


• An understanding of control systems and planning algorithms
  
  

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!

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.

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