Senior Software Engineer, Metrics and Evaluation - Autonomous Vehicles

We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our Planning and Control team to work on metrics and evaluation for Autonomous Vehicles at NVIDIA. 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.

Responsibilities:

• Define and develop metrics that enable rapid debugging, testing, and evaluation of 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.

Requirements:

• MS or PhD or equivalent experience in data science, electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science, or similar fields.
• 5+ years of experience working in software engineering, data science, and/or experiment design roles.
• Highly proficient in Python and associated libraries (Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib).
• Familiarity with programming using 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.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience developing on-board planning algorithms.
• Developed metrics for autonomous vehicle robotics systems.
• Experience with evaluating precision and recall of performance metrics.
• Familiarity with C++.
• Experience working in a large monorepo and with Bazel, as well as prior knowledge about vehicle simulation, path planning, vehicle control, Drive-by-Wire systems, and self-driving technologies.

Benefits: You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.