Software Engineer, Middleware

Nuro Nuro · Robotics · CA · Fleet Infrastructure

Software Engineer, Middleware at Nuro, focusing on building the next-generation onboard infrastructure for autonomous driving. This includes inter-process communication, logging, monitoring, execution, and state management, with an emphasis on high performance and reliability. The role involves collaborating with Autonomy, hardware, AI Platform, and systems/safety teams, and building data pipelines and diagnostics tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work on distributed systems inside the vehicle
  2. Develop high-performance communication between multiple nodes
  3. Develop logging infrastructure and data collection frameworks for massive volume autonomy and sensor data
  4. Develop frameworks to start, control, and monitor autonomous modules
  5. Collaborate with other software teams to build foundational libraries and interfaces, with emphasis on low-latency and high reliability

Skills

Required

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or 2+ years of Equivalent industry experience
  • Strong system fundamentals
  • Strong C++ skills
  • Solid experience developing production-quality software in C++ and Python in areas like self-driving, robotics, embedded Linux system, telecommunication, and other technology industries
  • Deep understanding on Linux operating systems
  • Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex system performance bottlenecks through analytical troubleshooting

Nice to have

  • ROS, Apollo Cyber RT, Iceoryx or other robotics frameworks
  • Robotics experience
  • ML inference optimization experience
  • Computer architecture experience
  • GPU programming or NVidia Orin Platform

What the JD emphasized

  • low-latency
  • high reliability