Senior Software Engineer - AI and Autonomous Driving

Nvidia
München, Germany
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

München, Germany

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Systems Engineering
Computer Vision
Unit Testing
Big Data
C++
Static Program Analysis
Profiling
Software Quality
Code Review
Nvidia CUDA
Continuous Integration
Software Debugging
General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units
Python
Object Detection
Open Source Technology
TensorFlow
Sensor Fusion
Software Engineering
Management of Software Versions
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
PyTorch
Large Language Models
Deep Learning
Gpu Programming
GIT
Linux Development
Software Version Control

Job description

  • Design, develop, and maintain C++ and Python software for perception, prediction, and planning in advanced driver-assistance and autonomous driving systems.
  • Train, fine-tune, and iterate on deep learning models (vision, multimodal, and transformer-based architectures) using large-scale driving datasets, then optimize them for real-time inference on NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Work with multi-sensor data - cameras, radar, lidar - and contribute to training pipelines, data quality workflows, and automated evaluation infrastructure.
  • Debug and resolve performance bottlenecks, edge cases, and integration challenges in a complex, safety-critical codebase.
  • Collaborate with ML researchers, systems engineers, and automotive partners to bring features from research prototypes to production-ready systems.

Requirements

  • 4-8 years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in AI, robotics, or automotive domains.

  • Proficiency in C++ (modern C++14/17 or later) and Python, with demonstrated experience writing clean, maintainable code.

  • Hands-on experience **training deep learning models (PyTorch or TensorFlow): designing experiments, tuning hyperparameters, working with large datasets, and debugging model behavior.

  • Strong Linux development skills: building, debugging, profiling, version control (git), and working within CI/CD workflows. Familiarity with one or more of:

  • GPU programming and optimization (CUDA, TensorRT, cuDNN)

  • Computer vision and perception (object detection, segmentation, multi-object tracking)

  • Robotics or autonomous systems (ROS, ADAS features, simulation environments)

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Experience with camera calibration, sensor fusion, or multi-camera perception systems.
  • Knowledge of model optimization and deployment: quantization (INT8, FP8, 4-bit), TensorRT-LLM, ONNX Runtime, or similar frameworks.
  • Background in training infrastructure: distributed training, experiment tracking, dataset versioning, hyperparameter optimization.
  • Understanding of software quality practices for safety-critical systems (code review, unit testing, static analysis; automotive standards knowledge is a plus).
  • Open-source contributions or published work in AI, robotics, or GPU computing.

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