2 months ago
Software Engineer II (Autonomy Data)
11 583 - 13 900$
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TL;DR
Software Engineer II (Autonomy Data) (Data Engineering/Autonomous Driving): Designing and operating the data infrastructure that powers the autonomy program with an accent on high-bandwidth sensor log ingestion and curated dataset creation. Focus on building reliable pipelines, implementing data validation, and deploying visualization tools for autonomy debugging.
Salary: $139,000 - $166,800 USD
Company
is a leader in autonomous driving software for trucks, now part of the Daimler family.
What you will do
- Design and organize the data lake, including schema definitions, partitioning strategy, and metadata indexing.
- Build and maintain end-to-end pipelines to ingest high-bandwidth sensor logs into cloud storage with high reliability.
- Implement data validation and integrity checks to detect corrupted information or missing sensors.
- Develop tooling to query raw logs and automate cost-effective pseudo-labeling workflows.
- Deploy and maintain data visualization tools to support log review, annotation QA, and autonomy debugging.
- Collaborate with perception and planning engineers to define data contracts and logging schemas.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, or related field with 4+ years of data engineering experience (or Master’s with 2+ years).
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for building production-quality data pipelines.
- Experience with AWS (S3, Glue Athena, Redshift) and IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Solid understanding of data partitioning strategies and columnar storage formats like Parquet or Orc.
- Experience building pipelines that process time-series and binary data.
- Must be a U.S. citizen as the role requires access to restricted information under U.S. law.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, or other sensor-driven autonomous systems.
- Deep experience with Foxglove or Rerun for building custom extensions or log review workflows.
- Familiarity with MCAP CLI/Python library and converting MCAP data to columnar formats.
- Experience with ML data curation, including diversity sampling and dataset versioning.
Culture & Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including a bonus component and stock options.
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees.
- 401K plan with a 6% employer match.
- Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation available immediately.
- Collaborative, energetic, and team-focused work environment.
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