Sensor Systems Software Engineer - C++, Linux

Avride Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Avride Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Sensors and System Software team in Austin, TX.

You will design, develop and maintain low-latency drivers and pipelines for cameras, LiDAR, Radar, IMU, GNSS and more on embedded Linux platforms. You will implement data timestamping, filtering, and preprocessing to ensure synchronized data for perception and localization modules, while collaborating with hardware and firmware teams to debug cross-domain issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics or related STEM fields or equivalent years of experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in production software development.
• Proficiency in modern C++ and Python programming.
• Experience with software running on real hardware: robots, vehicles, drones or embedded devices.
• Everyday use of Linux, including basic networking (IP addresses, TCP/UDP, sockets).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, optimize and maintain low-latency, robust device drivers and software pipelines for sensors and actuators.
• Develop and optimize algorithms for timestamping, filtering and preprocessing sensor data.
• Write userspace C++ and Python software for embedded Linux computers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate sensors into the AV platform and debug issues.
• Grow into an expert in the sensor domain and understand sensor characteristics and calibration techniques.
• Write and maintain software that reads, timestamps and checks data from sensors.
• Bring new sensors and computers onto the vehicle and bench.
• Find and fix cross-domain problems like dropped packets and wrong timestamps.
• Write Python tools to check sensor data and aid debugging.

Skills

Modern C++

Python

Linux

Embedded dev

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Robotics/EE/Math/Physics or related STEM

Tools

ROS

Wireshark

tcpdump

ethtool

Job description

Avride Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Sensors and System Software team in Austin, TX.

You will design, develop and maintain low-latency drivers and pipelines for cameras, LiDAR, Radar, IMU, GNSS and more on embedded Linux platforms. You will implement data timestamping, filtering, and preprocessing to ensure synchronized data for perception and localization modules, while collaborating with hardware and firmware teams to debug cross-domain issues.