Staff Hypervisor/Kernel Developer - NIO Vehicle Operating System (NVOS)

Team Charter:NIO is a global company with R&D offices in China, North America, Germany, and UK. NIO is the leader of intelligent Electronic Vehicle (EV) industry in China, which is the largest, fastest growing EV market in the world, and is also rapidly expanding its business worldwide.  Digital Systems department at NIO is responsible for building highly reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure and platforms for intelligent and fully autonomous driving vehicles, and its scope ranges from vehicle operating system software platform, central computer and SOA-based digital architecture, automation simulation test platforms, cyber security, vehicle cloud & connectivity.  A primary mission of Digital Systems North America R&D Center is to lead the research and development of industry-leading operating systems for autonomous driving vehicles (NVOS – NIO Vehicle Operating System) from the ground up. This is an opportunity to solve a wide range of technical challenges, such as building a high-performance & secure OS based on microkernel architecture, deeply customized Linux and in-house hypervisor for automobile-grade safety, seamless app development on heterogeneous hardware chipsets, low-latency and high throughput data processing, powerful AI framework, and complete toolchains to supply Android-like development experiences. We are looking for an experienced hypervisor and kernel developer in North America R&D Center to help accelerate bringing innovation to mass production for NVOS. 

Responsibilities:

• Design & implement microkernel-based OS and hypervisor for a wide variety of on-car applications for autonomous driving vehicles.
• Characterize & optimize OS functions for real time, high performance, security, and functional safety
• Socialize designs and implementations with the team.
• Lead by example, regularly acting as a mentor and mentee for team growth.

Qualifications
• BS / MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Software Developer with 7+ years of experience working in embedded systems
• Experience developing low-level / system code on ArmV8 platforms.
• Coding in C, Arm assembly and in-line assembly.
• Excellent depth understanding of Arm’s weak memory model: ARM DSB/DMB/ISB)
• Experience with Arm IP blocks. For instance, Arm generic interrupt controller, system MMU, AMBA bus, etc.
• In hardware debugging experience with JTAG.
• Solid understanding of operating system concepts: virtual memory, page tables, caches, synchronization primitives, etc.
• Linux customization
• Git, C/C++, Python & OOP
• Experience writing concurrent code.
• Power management
• Agile development
• Real Time embedded systems experience
• bootloader design & implementation
• Ability to work within a global team environment successfully and effectively.

Preferred Qualifications
• ARM V8 with hypervisor extensions
• Sel4 experience
• Building Sel4:
• Sel4 as hypervisor
• Sel4 as a general-purpose OS microkernel
• Device Drivers Development
• Security awareness
• FuSa awareness
• Linux RT
• Experience developing developer frameworks and tools.
• Knowledge of security in embedded systems.
• Proficiency in the use of debugging tools like logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes.

This role requires a unique combination of skills, talent, and experience. If you think you would make an exceptional Platform Development Lead, we'd love to hear from you.
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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