Director, Technical Program Management - Autonomous Platform

NVIDIA is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management to drive end-to-end improvements of our autonomous vehicle platform technology and launch a great autonomous driving experience to millions of users around the world! You will participate in a focused effort to productize ground-breaking solutions that will redefine the world of transportation and the growing field of self-driving cars. You will work with hardworking and dedicated multi-functional engineering development teams across various vehicle subsystems to integrate their work into our autonomous DRIVE SW platform, while achieving or exceeding all relevant NVIDIA and automotive standards & guidelines. You'll find the work is exciting, fun, and meaningful. We have customers, and competition. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.

What you will be doing:

• Direct and coordinate planning and execution of all the projects within AV Platform Team.

• Drive the process and infrastructure improvements to improve efficiency and effectiveness of AV Platform Team resources.

• Lead, manage, train, and/or provide guidance to other TPM’s towards improved planning and execution.

• Consults with and counsel senior management and teams on highly complexed technical issues to achieve program level alignment.

• Analyze & diagnose the underlying events contributing to these metrics, identify trends, and resolve top priority engineering work for improving the platform experience.

• Drive implementation and/or recommend improvements across features and across the stack, in collaboration with the corresponding component engineering teams.

• Ensure that the driving quality of the fleet engineering remains optimized by making go/no-go decisions on major technical changes, defining the tests/frameworks required to guard against regressions, and identifying/addressing regressions.

What we need to see:

• Bachelors or a higher degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science or a related field

• 15+ overall years of experience in a similar or related role and meaningful experience in automotive software development field

• 8+ years of managing engineering level projects and (30+) distributed teams

• Practical experience in developing embedded software, using version control systems, and debugging

• Well-rounded knowledge of how an autonomous vehicle stack works, and practical experience dealing with the challenges in this area

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive alignment across large organizations

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with autonomous vehicle and/or machine learning development

• Background with data analysis tools/languages such as SQL

• Experience with start-ups and/or early-stage products

The base salary range is 260,000 USD - 391,000 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.