Head of Advanced Research Labs, Digital Systems

about 2 years ago
Full time role
San Jose, CA, US... more
San Jose, CA, US... more

Job Description

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.

Responsibilities:

  • Build a world-class advanced research team to create innovative solutions to fundamental technical problems and make technical breakthroughs that further strengthen the company's leadership position in technology and product innovation
  • Closely follow technology trends in the industry and academia, and study competitors’ technical stacks. Help the company form a long-term roadmap and strategy around digital technologies for next-generation autonomous driving vehicles
  • Work across a wide range of domains, including but not limited to: vehicle OS, smart connectivity, vehicle cloud, quality & productivity improvement technologies and tools, functional safety & SOTIF, and cyber security
  • Build strong partnership with different engineering teams to understand their business needs and challenges, and develop practical yet innovative solutions to solve their problems
  • Provide thought leadership in the digital technology domain to the company. Use the team's deep technology expertise and knowledge to train and mentor other engineers
  • Build collaboration with top universities and lead joint research projects with university research labs.

Qualifications:

  • Build a world-class advanced research team to create innovative solutions to fundamental technical problems and make technical breakthroughs that further strengthen the company's leadership position in technology and product innovation
  • Closely follow technology trends in the industry and academia, and study competitors’ technical stacks. Help the company form a long-term roadmap and strategy around digital technologies for next-generation autonomous driving vehicles
  • Work across a wide range of domains, including but not limited to: vehicle OS, smart connectivity, vehicle cloud, quality & productivity improvement technologies and tools, functional safety & SOTIF, and cyber security
  • Build strong partnership with different engineering teams to understand their business needs and challenges, and develop practical yet innovative solutions to solve their problems
  • Provide thought leadership in the digital technology domain to the company. Use the team's deep technology expertise and knowledge to train and mentor other engineers
  • Build collaboration with top universities and lead joint research projects with university research labs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ph.D. degree in EE or Computer Science
  • Established figure in a particular domain
  • Experience in automotive, aerospace, medical or other safety critical applications
  • Experience in working with top research groups in universities, and leading industry-academia joint projects
  • Familiar with Agile software development processes, and tools such as JIRA and Confluence 
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.

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.
 
NIO US is an E-Verify employer.

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