The Advanced Technologies and Autonomy team is responsible for delivering highly available, high quality systems to enable NIO’s Autonomous driving vehicles. Our mission is to provide the next generation of hardware, software and algorithmic solutions. This includes but not limited to sensing, compute, storage as well as vehicle controls and safety system compute.

What the team works on

Autonomy hardware and software architecture

Design, development, integration, and test of autonomous compute and sensing hardware

Mass storage and Event Data Recorders

Vehicle and Safety Controller HW and related functions

Environment and Sensor modeling and simulation

Autonomy Al and Controls

Autonomy R&D Tools

Autonomy compute and sensing HW and SW redundancy

Sensing, GPS and IMU hardware, software, and integration

Autonomy compute communication (sensing, compute, and controller inter-ECU communication)

Key Responsibilities

· Develop and own the design, implementation and industrialization of calibration software and methodologies.

· Troubleshooting hardware and software related calibration issues.

· Bring up and calibrate new sensors such as cameras and lidars.

· Collaborate with Mechanical, Optical and Perception experts on refining and locking down calibration requirements for different sensor modalities and algorithms.

Required Qualification

· Advanced degree, PhD or Master’s preferred.

· 10+ years of working experience

. Demonstrable experience in calibration of different sensor modalities.

· Deep understanding of optical systems is preferred.

· Experience in image processing or software development, programming experience with C++ / Matlab / Python preferred.

· Experience using issue tracking (JIRA) and source control (git) tools.

Nice to Have

· 2+ years of experience working in a similar role.

· 5+ years developing in C++/Python

· Hands on experience with applying deep learning to computer vision or other sensor data

· Experience with classical computer vision techniques like structure from motion, RANSAC, Hough transformations, camera calibration, pinhole projection models, etc.

About NIO

NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium electric vehicle market, founded in November 2014. NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and being the best user enterprise. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart and connected premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive, convenient and innovative charging solutions and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater high-performance premium electric SUV in China from June 2018 and officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, on NIO Day, December 15, 2018.

Equal Employment Opportunity

NIO is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, age, sex, ancestry, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, present or past history of mental disability, genetic information or any other classification protected by state or federal law.

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