NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Software Performance Engineer for Autonomous Vehicles to join their team focused on developing end-to-end autonomous driving applications. The role emphasizes optimizing performance for self-driving solutions on NVIDIA's heterogeneous hardware architectures. Candidates will work in a diverse and supportive environment, collaborating with various teams to design next-generation products. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the field of AI and autonomous driving.

• MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Architecture, Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of relevant professional experience working on autonomous vehicles software.
• Excellent C and C++ programming skills.
• Solid understanding of programming and debugging techniques, especially for parallel architectures.
• Good understanding of system software/operating systems and computer architecture.
• Experience with performance analysis, optimizations and benchmarking.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills.

• Develop, maintain and optimize latency and throughput of NVIDIA’s L2/L3/L4 autonomous driving solutions.
• Devise acceleration strategies and patterns to improve software architecture and its efficiency on our computers with multiple heterogeneous hardware engines.
• Develop highly efficient product code in C++, utilizing algorithmic parallelism offered by GPGPU programming (CUDA)/ARM NEON.
• Collaborate with HW, product, OS, and safety teams to design next-gen products.

• Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.