Senior Software Engineer, Mapping & Localization

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      "text": "Responsibilities:",
      "content": "<li>Design and optimize scalable interfaces for online lane and map representation.</li><li>Improve cross-module map interfaces to support perception, prediction, and planning pipelines.</li><li>Develop and enhance systems for large-scale map deployment, including offline map generation, version control, and online tile-based LiDAR map loading.</li><li>Maintain and evolve the mapping watchdog and event mining systems to monitor system health and anomalies.</li><li>Enhance the mapping CI system to support robust development and deployment workflows.</li><li>Optimize performance of offline 3D reconstruction pipelines.</li><li>Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand system-wide dependencies and performance needs across perception, planning, control, simulation, and infrastructure.</li><li>Work with the operations team to define requirements for data collection, preprocessing, labeling, and validation.</li><li>Ensure that your work is performed in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System (QMS) requirements and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.</li><li>Ensure team compliance with QMS, monitor quality, and drive process improvements.</li>"
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      "text": "Required Skills:",
      "content": "<li>BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.</li><li>3+ years of experience in developing large-scale, real-time C++ systems.</li><li>Strong proficiency in modern C++ and understanding of multi-threading, multiprocessing, and operating systems, e.g. ROS.</li><li>Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and <b>s</b>oftware design principles.</li><li>Familiarity with large-scale map data pipelines and distributed systems.</li><li>Familiarity with CI/CD systems, and maintaining production-grade infrastructure.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Self-motivated, comfortable operating without direct supervision.</li>"
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      "text": "Preferred Skills:",
      "content": "<li>Hands-on experience with mapping and localization algorithms, such as LiDAR/Visual Odometry, SLAM, or Kalman filtering.</li><li>Experience working on offline 3D reconstruction systems.</li>"
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