Vehicle Adaptation Intern - 2025

Want to join a fun, creative company that is on the cutting edge of amazing technologies? NVIDIA is developing groundbreaking solutions in some of the world’s most exciting technology areas including Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Autonomous Vehicles. We are widely considered to be one of the most desirable employers, with some of the most forward-thinking people in the world working with us. There has never been a more exciting time to join us!

NVIDIA is looking for a highly motivated students to join its fast-paced customer delivery organization for a 4 - 6 months long internship in Vehicle Testing. In this role, you will be supporting the organization’s efforts to adapt NVIDIA’s autonomous driving software stack to various variants and drive the function behavior to maturity. It involves tuning and adapting self-driving software in the target vehicles and on the customer sites / testing grounds.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the adaptation, integration and testing of NVIDIA vehicle automation software in customer vehicle variants.

• Installing, trouble-shooting and operating software.

• Collect test data or tune parameters live in-car or on a bench.

• Understand the quality standards and expected functionality of brand-new ADAS features.

• Analyze & diagnose the underlying events contributing to these metrics, identify issues and help improving the product experience

What we need to see:

• An interest in technology, automotive, software or hardware engineering and relevant coursework.

• A last year BSc or MSc student

• Experience with embedded systems and C/C++ or a scripting language (Python, Bash, etc) to be proficient operating a complex software stack.

• Ability to work efficiently with Linux and QNX environments on the command line.

• Good communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving, good time management and task prioritization skills, soft skills for customer interaction.

• Passion for working on cars, autonomous driving or software engineering

• Onsite attendance in the development and testing location in Sindelfingen is expected daily

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Dual studies or an internship experience as ADAS software engineer at a Tier 1 or OEM.

• Well-rounded knowledge of how an autonomous vehicle stack (or similar large system) works, and practical experience dealing with the challenges in integrating many components into one solution

• Understanding of vehicle architecture and communication protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet).

If you're passionate about autonomous vehicles, we would love to hear from you! NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.