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About the team:
Tidal is a team at X working on a moonshot to protect the ocean and preserve its ability to support life and help feed humanity, sustainably. Our initial area of focus is on developing hardware and software technologies that bring greater visibility and understanding of what’s happening under the water. We’re building cutting edge hardware, deploying state of the art perception models, and working in one of the toughest environments on the planet. Learn more about Project Tidal.
About the role:
You will be a software engineer working to develop / deploy custom computer vision hardware devices built around the NVidia Xavier system. You would work directly with embedded and perception SWEs, infrastructure SWEs, Hardware engineers, research scientists as well as project leads.
What you should have:
- Strong C++ coding ability
- Interest and ability to work on different parts of the software stack for a fielded system (on board software to cloud-based processing to UI)
- Appreciation of performance implications of resource constraints (CPU, network bandwidth, latency)
- Ability to jump to random new tasks in a fast paced project to get things done / learn new things on a daily basis
It’d be great if you also had these:
- Experience setting up build and test infrastructure for a combined embedded-Cloud system
- Experience with security for field systems (bootloaders, software updates, credential management, securing Cloud connections)
- Experience with Cloud-based processing, e.g. for IoT
- Experience with low-level embedded coding (CUDA, bare metal, CAN bus or motors controllers)
- Experience with or a passion for robotics, controls, or mechanical systems
- Passionate about the environment, climate, and the ocean.
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