About the RoleWe are looking for talented engineers to join our Performance team to optimize the performance of Nuro's AV software, ensuring our vehicles can react quickly and safely to the world around them. The team builds systems and tools for continuous performance analysis, and drives latency reduction and resource efficiency efforts, to ensure the autonomy teams can implement an autonomy stack that is efficient and performant for current and future generation of the Nuro Driver.
About the Work- Analyze, profile, debug, monitor, and optimize the performance of AV software, across the entirety of Nuro Driver software stack.
- Design and develop systems and tools for memory management, thread prioritization and scheduling, GPU execution, process/thread lifetime management.
- Work with engineers from different teams to define performance-first system level architecture and building blocks.
- Build core libraries and APIs to enable autonomy engineers to write high-performance code.
- Drive and encourage best practices within the team and the rest of the organization.
About You - Strong system fundamentals and proficiency in C++
- Expertise in computer architecture and operating systems
- Experience developing in a highly-concurrent, multi-processor, and multi-threaded environment
- Experience with performance optimizations and software porting across a variety of compute architectures, e.g. x86, ARM, GPUs, SoCs
- Experience with performance profiling tools such as perf, VTune, BPF, Nvidia Nsight Systems
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience
- BS, MS or PhD in CS, or related technical field
Bonus Points- Experience with GPU programming (e.g. CUDA, OpenCL) and low level driver optimization for Nvidia GPUs.
- Experience with Nvidia DriveOS or ROS.
At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected base pay range is between $193,930 and $291,150 for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.
