Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Runtime

Santa Clara, CAFull-TimeStaffSoftware Engineering

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Work closely with our autonomy and runtime teams to improve our redundant on-vehicle platform and autonomous software stack.
Develop perspectives on where opportunities and gaps might be in our redundant software and hardware strategy with a longer-term horizon in mind
Integrate and optimize performance and robustness of different autonomous software component into redundant on-vehicle platform.
Design and develop fault detection and fault handling strategies for redundant on-vehicle platform.
Design and develop validation strategies for redundant on-vehicle platform, including on vehicle testing, Sil and HiL simulation testing.
Evaluate, integrate and optimize partner middleware into our AD stackOwns or help with driverless operation key features, like mission control, tele assist, etc.
Ensure that your work is performed in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System (QMS) requirements and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
Ensure team compliance with QMS, monitor quality, and drive process improvements.

Minimum 5+ years of professional experience
MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field
Strong programming skills in C++ and Python
Basic understanding of computer vision and deep learning models
Hands-on experience of high performance IPC / middleware stack
Strong analytical skills, especially for performance troubleshooting (e.g. profiling, roofline model)
Familiarity with CUDA, OpenCL, OpenVX, Halide or other SIMD programming models.
Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technology
Ability to work on large code bases and a fast growing environment
Strong communication skills
Familiar with Linux system and basic kernel tuning, network tuning, device tree tuning, timesync, etc.
Comfortable with On-vehicle troubleshooting and performance profiling