Staff Software Engineer - Control - AV Labs

Staff Software Engineer - Control - AV Labs Department: Engineering Team: Backend Location: Sunnyvale, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** Uber is launching AV Labs to accelerate the autonomous technology ecosystem. We’re building out a high-velocity team of multi-disciplinary experts to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for our autonomous partners. This team will be focused on the hardest problem in AV today: unlocking real-world, long-tail driving data. Autonomy is now a data race–and Uber has an edge: We collect rare, real-world driving data at a scale and capital efficiency no one else can match (millions of Uber trips every hour across cities, conditions, and edge cases create the data autonomy has been missing). We will build platforms that harness scale and real-world complexity to reimagine how the world moves. You will be a software engineer in AV Labs and involved in the development and implementation of the latest technology for self driving stacks. The ideal candidate will be able to identify issues, provide solutions and implement the fixes as well as setting a high technical excellence bar in all things we do. **What the Candidate Will Do:** 1. Design and implement the onboard control algorithm. 2. Optimize the control algorithm to balance safety and comfort. 3. Integrate the control algorithm with simulation. **Basic Qualifications:** 1. 5 years of working experience in the software engineering industry 2. Bachelor degree in computer science, computer engineering or related fields 3. Proficient in Python, C++ and Linux 4. Proficient in control algorithms 5. Experience with the Robot Operating System. **Preferred Qualifications:** 1. 8 years of working experience in the software engineering industry. 2. Master or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering or related fields 3. Experience with NVIDIA Drive OS. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$232,000 per year - USD$258,000 per year. You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of co