Application & Middleware Architect - 20266

NIO is a global company with R&D offices in China, North America, Germany, and the 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.   The Digital Systems department at NIO is responsible for building highly reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure and platforms for intelligent and fully autonomous driving vehicles. It’s 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

• Aquire and analyze application & middleware domain requirements from various sources.
• Define technical roadmap of the responsible domains, breakdown and prioritize deliveries.
• Design software architectures to meet functional as well as non-functional requirements with necessary PoC (proof of concept) development.
• Software modue/sub-system performance metrics define, performance design/monitor and improve.
• Support engineering teams in blocking bug fixes.
• Support delivery leaders and project managers in delivery planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or above
• 10+ years of work experience in software development, 5+ years of experience in application or middleware software architecture design.
• Thorough understand of Linux OS and RTOS Systems.
• Excellent communication in Chinese, basic oral communications in English.
• Excellent team player

Preferred Qualifications

• Vehicle software experience
• Android application & framework experience
• AI Framework & runtime 

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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