Vehicle Test Engineer - New College Graduate

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 individuals to join its fast-paced customer delivery organization in the Vehicle Software Engineer role based in Stuttgart region. In this role, you will be supporting the organization’s efforts to bringup data collection vehicles and adapt NVIDIA’s autonomous driving software stack to various vehicles 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:

• Be responsible for scaling efforts of data collection vehicles bringup and integrating, adapting and testing of NVIDIA vehicle automation software in customer development vehicles.
• Installing, trouble-shooting and operating software. 
• Collect test data or tune parameters live in-car.
• Understand the quality standards and expected functionality of brand-new features.
• Analyze & diagnose the underlying events contributing to these metrics, identify issues and help improving the product experience

What we need to see:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in an engineering field.
• Well-rounded knowledge of automtoive technologies especially how an autonomous vehicle software stack (or similar large system) works
• Good knowledge of embedded systems and C/C++ and 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 vehicles, autonomous driving or software engineering.
• Onsite attendance in one of the development and testing locations in the greater Stuttgart area is required daily. Flexibility of work hours and willingness to travel around Europe to support vehicle bring-up and functional adaptation and testing in many locations. 

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Internship experience as ADAS software engineer at a Tier 1 or OEM. 
• Practical experience dealing with the challenges in integrating many components into one solution
• Understanding of vehicle architecture and communication protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet). 
• EU driver license and advanced driving skills for test driving prototypes that requires a special training and license (T2)

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.