Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Latitude AI, a leading automated driving technology company, and contribute to the development of hands-free driver-assist systems for Ford vehicles. As a member of the Virtual Test Ecosystem (VTE) team, you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining the simulation and resimulation frameworks used for testing autonomy features. You will collaborate closely with autonomy and testing teams, adding new features, troubleshooting issues, and analyzing simulation reproducibility. This position requires expertise in C++, experience in autonomous vehicle software development, and strong communication skills. Latitude offers a competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Expertise in modern C++ (C++17)
• Self-driven to write code that’s efficient, well-tested, well-documented, and conforms to our style guide
• 3+ years’ experience with developing software for autonomous vehicles
• 1+ years’ experience with developing software for some sort of simulation environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics or a related field and 4+ years of relevant experience (or Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or PhD)
• Strong communication skills and desire to partner with internal and external team members in order to create solutions that robustly solve the problem and allow us to evaluate the safety and performance of new features

Responsibilities

• Add new features needed by autonomy teams and/or testing to the core C++ simulation / resimulation framework
• Work directly with autonomy and testing teams to understand their needs and pain points, then internally propose features we can add to improve our infrastructure and/or simulation realism
• Support troubleshooting with users and bug fixes when issues are identified; we work with a variety of users on a daily basis
• Analyze simulation/resimulation reproducibility (does running the same code multiple times result in the exact same behavior?) and develop tooling to root-cause whether nondeterminism is coming from autonomy tasks or from the simulation/resimulation code
• Learn the autonomy stack at a level of depth that allows you to reason about what the best way is to wire in new autonomy features as they’re developed, to be able to do some initial root-causing of crashes or issues to isolate what’s going wrong (at which point the associated autonomy team would implement the actual fix), and in general to be an effective bridge between our team and the autonomy teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Python development experience
• AWS or similar cloud experience

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings account with available employer match
• Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting
• Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid medical leave
• Unlimited vacation
• 15 paid holidays
• Complimentary daily lunches, beverages, and snacks for onsite employees
• Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Adoption/Surrogacy support program
• Backup child and elder care program
• Professional development reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more
• Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives