Camera Systems Engineer (Contractor)

OVERVIEW
As a NIO Engineer in the Digital Cockpit team, you will have the extraordinary opportunity to apply leading edge research to revolutionize the automotive domain. You will utilize your expertise in embedded systems to develop and deliver solutions for next generation of world’s most advanced digital cockpit for car. The resulting experiences will provide greater comfort, convenience, personalization, and safety for both vehicle occupants and the public at large.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated framework for camera simulations
•  Understand the capabilities of the embedded compute engine as related to vision services and applications.
• Develop framework for handling communication across multiple operating systems and services.
• Provide necessary tool chain for algorithm developers to create and harden their algorithms.
• Ability to do tradeoffs between memory and CPU constraints and optimize performance in embedded computing environments.
• Work in a dynamic cross functional global team to deliver digital cockpit platform for next generation autonomous and semi-autonomous cars.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or related field with a focus on software engineering or embedded systems.
• 15+ years of industry experience.
• 10+ years of development experience in embedded QNX/Linux/Android operating systems
• Proficiency with C++.
• Experience with camera simulation.
• Experience with developing software for camera/vision applications.
• Experience with debugging complex embedded systems.
• Familiarity with modern software development tools for source code control, unit testing, automated build, test, and deployment.
• A passionate, curious mind that is driven to find solutions to difficult problems.
• A capability to work either independently or collaboratively as projects evolve.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the automotive domain.
• Experience developing frameworks for distributed systems.
• Experience with human consumption camera applications.
• Experience with machine vision camera applications.
• QNX Hypervisor integration and software development.

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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