Staff Hypervisor Developer

$163,500 - $225,000/Yr

Nio Co Ltd - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Staff Hypervisor Developer at NIO Inc. is responsible for designing and implementing a microkernel-based operating system for various applications in autonomous driving vehicles. This role involves creating high-performance network core stacks and system tool chains, optimizing OS functions for real-time performance, and mentoring team members. The position requires extensive experience in embedded systems and low-level coding, particularly on ArmV8 platforms, and a solid understanding of operating system concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design & implement microkernel-based OS for a variety of on-car applications for autonomous driving vehicles.
• Design & implement low latency, high throughput, high performance network core stacks for microkernel OS.
• Characterize & optimize OS and network core functions for real-time, high performance, security, and functional safety.
• Socialize designs and implementations with the team.
• Lead by example, regularly acting as a mentor and mentee for team growth.

Requirements

• BS / MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience working in embedded systems.
• Experience developing low-level / system code on ArmV8 platforms.
• Proficient in coding in C, ARM assembly, and in-line assembly.
• Good understanding of Arm's architecture, including ARM generic interrupt controller, system MMU, timer, and virtualization hardware support.
• Solid understanding of operating system concepts: virtual memory, page tables, caches, synchronization primitives, etc.
• Familiar with Linux development environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience developing Linux kernel / Linux driver.
• Experience developing Hypervisor, Xen/KVM/ACRN/SafeOS.

Benefits

• Commuter assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Health savings account
• AD&D insurance
• Paid holidays
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• On-site gym
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending account
• Parental leave
• Snacks provided
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Gym membership