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Senior Software Engineer, Longitudinal Planning – Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Beijing, Shanghaifull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Hands-on senior software engineer to develop and improve longitudinal planning for production autonomous vehicles, focusing on speed generation/adaptation, yield planning, and trajectory planning, across multiple programs and vehicle platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimize longitudinal planning algorithms for car following, stopping, yielding, merging, cut-in handling, intersections, and other complex driving scenarios
  • Develop and improve speed generation, speed adaptation, yield planning, and trajectory planning
  • Improve driving safety, comfort, efficiency, and robustness across different traffic conditions, road environments, and vehicle platforms
  • Adapt algorithms and tune parameters for different vehicle dynamics, powertrains, braking systems, actuator delays, and OEM requirements
  • Analyze, triage, and resolve complex Planning & Control issues across multiple autonomous driving programs from L2 through L4
  • Perform root-cause analysis using simulation, replay tools, vehicle logs, and on-vehicle diagnostics, and provide clear resolution proposals
  • Conduct on-vehicle testing and performance tuning to validate driving behavior in real-world scenarios
  • Collaborate with global teams and OEM partners on software integration, validation, and release readiness
  • Travel domestically and internationally for vehicle testing and customer collaboration as needed

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Vehicle Engineering, or a related field
  • 3+ years of autonomous driving, ADAS, or robotics software development experience, with strong C++ and Python skills
  • Solid knowledge of speed planning, trajectory planning, vehicle dynamics, motion prediction, or numerical optimization
  • Experience with production software development, simulation, log analysis, on-vehicle debugging, and parameter tuning
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and English communication skills

Skills

Required:C++PythonSpeed planningTrajectory planningVehicle dynamics
Nice to have:Numerical optimization
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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