Software Engineer, General

About TuSimple

TuSimple is a global self-driving truck company based in San Diego and operating self-driving trucks out of Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2015, TuSimple is developing a commercial-ready Level 4 (SAE) fully-autonomous driving solution for the logistics industry. TuSimple’s trucks are the first and only capable of self-driving from depot-to-depot and do so every day for its customers. The company is driven by a mission to increase safety, decrease transportation costs, and reduce carbon emissions.

Position

As a General SDE at TuSimple, you will have the opportunity to work on various backend projects. You will be developing and maintaining modules such as vehicle systems, embedded systems, simulation systems, and map. Your work ensures our algorithm scientists’ research can be successfully transformed into virtual driver software, and then easily deployed on the truck.

You will also collaborate with engineers from different teams to optimize the backend systems to make sure they are efficient, robust and scalable. This role will be based in San Diego, CA or Tucson, AZ.

What You'll Do:

• Design, develop, test, debug, and deploy software modules in autonomous driving systems, and/or in related platform and tools software
• Responsible for integrating multiple modules and systems into one platform
• Developing and maintaining key integrating tools and monitoring performance

Your qualification

• Strong background in developing production-quality software in C/C++ in Autonomous Driving, Robotics, Internet, Telecommunication, and other technology industries 
• Proficiency in writing modern C++ (11 or above)
• Solid knowledge of operating system, distributed system, and networking
• MS//PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields

Will be a plus

• Have 2+ years of industry experience in Autonomous Driving and/or Robotics
• Familiar with Linux environment and multi-threaded/multi-process programming
• Attended programming contests such as OI and ACM
• Development experiences in robotics middleware such as ROS
• Hands-on experiences in performance profiling, analysis, and optimization
• Knowledge of computer vision and/or machine learning

What we offer

• 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you and your family
• Work visa sponsorship available
• Relocation assistance available
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served every day
• Full kitchens on every floor with unlimited snacks, drinks, special treats, fruits, meals, and more
• Stock options / equity
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Monthly team building budget
• Learning/education budget
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employer-paid long and short disability