Nvidia Senior Software Engineer Behavior Planning - Autonomous Vehicles 

United States, California 

273653911

US, CA, Santa Clara

What you will be doing:

• Design and implement robust, safety-critical algorithms for behavior and motion planning on highways and urban roads.

• Address fundamental problems in redundant actuation, degraded operation, and fail-safe control to ensure system integrity.

• Architect and develop new behavior planning features from concept to deployment, driven by product requirements.

• Rigorously test and validate functionalities in sophisticated simulation environments and real-world road scenarios.

• Build an autonomous system with a coordinated safety concept that performs reliably across varied geographical regions, sensor configurations, map availability, and environmental conditions.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including perception, mapping, vehicle control, and user experience.

What we need to see:

• BS or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 8+ years of proven experience in robotics or a comparable domain.

• Proven applied robotics experience.

• Strong proficiency in C/C++.

• Familiarity with Python.

• Comfortable developing within Linux or Unix-based systems.

• Outstanding analytical and skills for compute-constrained systems.

• Ability to optimally multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent communication skills.

Ways to Stand out from the crowd:

• 2+ years of experience in AV software development and deploying production-ready code.

• A PhD in a relevant field or related research experience.

• Expert-level understanding of planning algorithms and/or a strong controls background.

• Knowledge of CUDA.