Principal Architect, Vehicle Simulation Platform, Digital Engineering Integration

Team Charter:
Digital Engineering Integration team, part of the Digital Systems department, is responsible for developing solutions, platforms & tools to achieve highly efficient vehicle software integration and validation, and conducting various levels of tests to ensure software quality in regular OTA updates to hundreds of thousands of users.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture design of vehicle simulation platform with both software-in the-loop and hardware-in the-loop capabilities to achieve highly efficient integration and tests of various on-car software, such as autonomous driving, digital cockpit, vehicle motion, body, and connectivity
• Design standardized simulation interfaces for easy integration with software and hardware components
• Modularize vehicle functions & dynamics into models and libraries to realistically simulate the vehicle behavior
• Design solutions to scale out the simulation platform by leveraging unlimited cloud computing resources and achieve highly efficient CI/CD
• Follow industry trend and evolvement of simulation technologies
• Provide guidance to development team and mentor junior engineers, and lead troubleshooting and resolution of technical issues
• Collaborate closely with stakeholder teams and support cross-functional initiatives

Qualifications:

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or similar fields, 10+ years working experience in design and/or development of simulation tools for large-scale and complex systems (such as distributed systems, networking systems)
• In-depth knowledge in Discrete Event Simulation. Familiar with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
• Capable of designing innovation solutions and shipping products in real world
• Strong programming skills, and master at least one Object Oriented Programming language, and at least one scripting language
• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to explain complex technical details in simple language
• Good at cross-team collaboration and driving cross-functional initiatives 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with vehicle system
• Working experience in building simulation platform with MBSE modeling and SIL or HIL
• Familiar with various mainstream simulation tools (such as MATLAB, AFSIM, STK) and have a good understanding of their pros and cons
• Have experience working with remote teams

About NIO    NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart 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 and convenient power solutions, innovative Battery as a Service (BaaS) program, and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater flagship premium electric SUV, in China in June 2018, and its variant, the 6-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries of the ES6 in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019 and began deliveries of the EC6 in September 2020.
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