Senior 3D Perception Engineer - Self-Driving

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking an extraordinary Senior Perception Engineer to advance its autonomous driving perception system. You will develop and productize 3D obstacle perception using multi-sensor fusion (cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar) with a strong emphasis on deep learning and production readiness.

The role focuses on robust, low-latency perception in complex driving environments, with data-driven improvements and cross-team collaboration to ensure safety and performance across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on work experience in developing deep learning and algorithms to solve sophisticated real world problems.
• Experience in multi-sensor fusion (cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar) for perception tasks, particularly in high-resolution world reconstruction.
• Proven experience in production deep learning model development, including careful data verification, model architecture design, loss function engineering, and debugging ML models.
• Experience in data-driven development and collaboration with data and ground truth teams.
• Strong programming skills in python and/or C++.
• Outstanding communication and teamwork skills as we work as a tightly-knit team, always discussing and learning from each other.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS, EE, sciences or related fields (or equivalent experience)

Responsibilities

• Multi-sensor fusion based deep learning model development for obstacle perception/fusion in complex driving environments.
• Applied research and development of innovative deep learning and multi-sensor fusion algorithms to improve output accuracy of 3D obstacle perception solutions under challenging and diverse scenarios.
• Identify and analyze the strength and weakness of the developed 3D obstacle perception solutions using large scale benchmark data and improve them iteratively through KPI building and optimization.
• Productize the developed 3D obstacle perception solutions by meeting product requirements for safety, latency, and SW robustness, with a strong emphasis on production deep learning model development.
• Drive and prioritize data-driven development by working with large data collection and labeling teams to bring in high value data to improve perception system accuracy.

Skills

Python

C++

Deep learning

Multi-sensor fusion

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS, EE, sciences or related fields

Tools

PyTorch

CUDA

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking an extraordinary Senior Perception Engineer to advance its autonomous driving perception system. You will develop and productize 3D obstacle perception using multi-sensor fusion (cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar) with a strong emphasis on deep learning and production readiness.

The role focuses on robust, low-latency perception in complex driving environments, with data-driven improvements and cross-team collaboration to ensure safety and performance across