- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Artificial Intelligence
- Posted
- Aug 3, 2026
- Salary
- $189,000–$274,000 a year
Full-time
Staff Software Engineer, Deep Learning Acceleration
Job description
Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
Job responsibilities
- Conduct performance analysis and optimization of Deep Learning networks running on the Autonomous Vehicle (AV).
- Optimize software architecture, system performance, and latency for deep learning applications.
- Work on deployment of deep learning models on the AV and training on large-scale data centers.
- Troubleshoot performance issues using profiling and roofline model techniques.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the efficiency of self-driving technology.
Job requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- Strong programming skills in CUDA, C++ and Python
- Extensive experience in high-performance computing and parallel programming, specializing in optimizing workloads to reduce GPU memory usage, minimize latency, and/or maximize throughput.
- Proficiency in leveraging performance analysis tools such as NVIDIA Nsight Systems , Nsight Compute and applying techniques like roofline model for performance optimization.
- Hands-on experience in optimizing DL/ML workloads at the framework level using at least one deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow), ensuring efficient and scalable model deployment.
- Strong understanding of the fundamentals of computer vision and transformer-based deep learning architectures, with proficiency in foundational neural network building blocks.
- Strong analytical skills for diagnosing and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks in complex systems.
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