Senior Software Engineer, Performance

About the role

You will focus on optimizing the Nuro Driver autonomy stack to ensure high-efficiency operations across our autonomous vehicle platforms. This role involves analyzing system bottlenecks and implementing architectural improvements to enhance real-time performance.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Profile and tune autonomous driving software to reduce latency and resource consumption.
• Collaborate with engineering groups to identify and resolve performance regressions.
• Design and maintain benchmarks that measure the efficiency of the Nuro Driver stack.
• Improve system throughput to support complex driving scenarios in real-world environments.

Requirements

• Professional experience in software engineering with a focus on performance optimization.
• Proficiency in C++ and low-level systems programming.
• Ability to analyze complex codebases to find and fix performance issues.

Nice to have

• Background in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or high-performance computing.
• Experience with real-time operating systems or hardware-software co-design.

Skills & tools

• C++
• Performance profiling tools
• Autonomous driving software stacks

Practical notes

Nuro recently secured 106 million dollars in funding to support its transition toward licensing automated driving software for robotaxis and personally owned vehicles.