C++ Embedded Deep Learning Optimization Engineer

About Mapscape

Mapscape is one of the world's leading independent providers of software services for the automotive navigation industry. We engineer complex software that is critical to the production of digital navigation maps. Our software validates, tests, and improves digital map data, and enables its compilation into any map format.

Headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Mapscape's services help the major automotive OEMs improve the performance and increase the functionality of their digital maps and automotive telematics services.

Mapscape is committed to securing its position as the world's leading company in NDS (Navigation Data Standard) compilations, while strengthening its incremental map updating and sensor fusion map services.

Mapscape in brief:

• Provider of compilation and incremental update services for the automotive market
• Designer of complex software for production of digital navigation maps
• Developer of innovative sensor fusion map services

Mapscape is now part of NavInfo Europe.

Position

Hired by NavInfo Europe, as part of the Advanced Engineering Group, you will be working for AIIM (AI in Motion) - a young startup company providing mapping, perception, and autonomy solutions to "things" in motion. AIIM positions itself as an autonomy service provider. The current focus is on AGV navigation and handling. Providing navigation solutions for assets moving through dynamic outdoor and indoor environments. AIIM's technology offers a combination of 3D mapping, localization & perception into holistic solutions where others just offer parts of the solution.

Working for a startup requires a practical and hands-on mentality in a dynamic environment where technical focus, requirements, and direction might shift when business opportunities change.

What you'll do

We are looking for a software engineer with C++11/14 practical experience. Besides general C++ development tasks, you will be specifically working on optimizing deep learning code for embedded platforms. In general, you will be responsible for building applications that will be used to process data from different data sources (Camera, Lidar, Sonar, GPS, etc.) and build (3D) mapping, localization, and navigation solutions for assets moving through dynamic outdoor and indoor environments, like AGV navigation and handling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable software.
• Optimize deep learning code for embedded devices.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
• Participate in peer code reviews.
• Ensure code quality by performing various tests on developed code.
• Process and modify data from different data sources (Cameras, Lidar sensors, Sonar sensors, GPS devices, etc.) to create various localization and mapping solutions.

Your qualification

Essentials

• An MSc or BSc degree, preferably in computer science.
• Minimum of 5 years proven experience in software development (design, implementation, and integration).
• Good knowledge of Deep Learning.
• Experience in working with Python.
• Experience in object detection, segmentation, classification, and re-identification.
• Experience in TensorFlow/PyTorch with GPUs.
• Experience with CUDA programming and ONNX.
• Experience with parallel computing, especially TensorRT or similar.
• Expert knowledge in efficient algorithms.
• Minimum 3 years experience (in a corporate environment) working on software development using modern C++11/14.
• Good understanding of memory management in non-garbage collected environments.
• Understanding of dynamic polymorphism and C++ specific notions, such as friend classes.
• Knowledge of low-level threading primitives and real-time environments.
• Good knowledge of development tools such as CMake and Git.
• Advanced practical experience in working with Linux, both as a development environment as well as an execution platform.
• Good command of written and spoken English.

Strong preference

• Good knowledge of C++17 and C++20.
• Experience working on software development in an embedded environment.
• Experience working with OpenCV.
• Experience working on Computer Vision topics.
• Experience with processing point cloud data.
• Experience with Atlassian Tooling (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket/GIT) or similar.

Nice to have

• Domain knowledge in (LiDAR, Visual) SLAM, (AI) Object Detection, and related localization and mapping technologies.

What we offer

• Coverage of the initial traveling costs (one way, economy class flight tickets to the Netherlands).
• A net relocation premium of €2,500.
• Relocation support for you and for your family.