JOB DESCRIPTION
About NIO
NIO is a pioneer and a leading company in the premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users.
NIO designs, develops, jointly manufactures and sells premium smart electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in autonomous driving, digital technologies, electric powertrains and batteries. NIO differentiates itself through its continuous technological breakthroughs and innovations, such as its industry-leading battery swapping technologies, Battery as a Service, or BaaS, as well as its proprietary autonomous driving technologies and Autonomous Driving as a Service, or ADaaS.
NIO’s product portfolio consists of the ES8, a six-seater smart electric flagship SUV, the ES7 (or the EL7), a mid-large five-seater smart electric SUV, the ES6, a five-seater all-round smart electric SUV, the EC7, a five-seater smart electric flagship coupe SUV, the EC6, a five-seater smart electric coupe SUV, the ET7, a smart electric flagship sedan, and the ET5, a mid-size smart electric sedan.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Curate, preprocess, and analyze training data for LLM projects
- Assist in training, tuning, and evaluating language models for specific use cases
- Develop and test Python code to interact with LLM APIs and internal tools
- Participate in improving model workflows through research and implementation of new methods
- Contribute to integration tasks, connecting AI models with external systems or applications
- Collaborate with team members for project deliverables, documentation, and code reviews
- Prepare research summaries or surveys on relevant topics in LLM and generative AI
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Master or PhD degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience with Python programming; knowledge of libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow is an advantage
- Familiarity with API usage and/or web frameworks is preferred
- Strong problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Previous project or coursework experience in LLMs, generative models, or AI research
- Knowledge of prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, or related evaluation techniques
- Experience working in a collaborative software engineering environment
Compensation:
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $38.00 - $46.00.Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only. It does not include discretionary bonus, equity, or benefits.
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Master or PhD degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience with Python programming
- Knowledge of libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Familiarity with API usage and/or web frameworks
- Strong problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Previous project or coursework experience in LLMs, generative models, or AI research
- Knowledge of prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, or related evaluation techniques
- Experience working in a collaborative software engineering environment
NIO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NIO and has not been reviewed or approved by NIO.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay and benefits are rated highly in at least one cited source, and the provided figures position total compensation as competitive within tech/EV roles. The package appears stronger for senior and specialized roles given the upper-end salary ranges shown.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A stock ownership plan is described as covering all employees, indicating broad access to equity participation. This design links employee rewards to company performance through shared ownership.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Workplace perks include flexible hours, catered lunch, unlimited PTO in older accounts, and lifestyle supports such as free snacks/drinks and fitness stipends. These benefits add day-to-day value beyond base pay.
NIO Insights
What We Do
NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and providing the best user experience. NIO was founded in November 2014 as a global electric vehicle company. The company has over 7,000 employees working across world-class research and development, design and manufacturing centers in Shanghai, Beijing, San Jose, Munich, London and six other locations. In 2015, NIO was the title sponsor for the Drivers’ Championship winning team during the inaugural ABB FIA Formula E season. In 2016, NIO unveiled one of the fastest electric cars in the world, the EP9. The EP9 set the lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring Nordschleife and three other world-renowned tracks. In 2017, NIO unveiled its vision car EVE and announced that the NIO EP9 set a new world speed record for an autonomous vehicle at the Circuit of the Americas. NIO officially began deliveries of the ES8, the high-performance electric flagship SUV, on June 28, 2018. NIO was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on September 12, 2018. NIO officially launched the high-performance long-range electric SUV, NIO ES6, at NIO Day on December 15, 2018. On May 28, 2019, the first production model ES6 rolled off the line at the JAC NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center. NIO officially began deliveries of the ES6 on June 18, 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater smart premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019 and began deliveries of the EC6 on September 2020. On January 9, 2021, NIO ET7, the smart electric flagship sedan and NIO’s first autonomous driving model, was officially launched.
