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June 17, 2025

Senior Program Manager - Automotive Vehicles

Senior • On-site

$104,000 - $212,750/yr

Santa Clara, CA

At NVIDIA, our employees are passionate about parallel and visual computing which is becoming the backbone or recent Artificial Intelligence revolution. Our technology is at the heart of the state-of-the-art innovation in A.I, video games, cloud and enterprise computing and embedded fields. NVIDIA provides an end-to-end development platform for autonomous vehicles. The DRIVE AGX™ Developer Kit is an in-vehicle platform crafted for developing production-level autonomous vehicles. NVIDIA's AV Infrastructure platform encompasses the necessary data center hardware, software, and workflows to support the entire autonomous driving technology development process, including data collection, neural network development, and rigorous testing and validation in simulation environments.

We are searching a Program Manager to lead the autonomous driving project in System Integration and Test team. As a key member of this team, this demands precision and high technical understanding who will be responsible to improve the efficiency and build a world class product for our customers. If you're passionate about self-driving technology and ready for a challenge, we want to hear from you!

What you'll be doing

  • This is in person office role where you will be responsible to coordinate the Garage for Autonomous Vehicle project for Test team. You will coordinate with different collaborators to plan day 2 day activities and schedule for its success.

  • Define program schedules, achievements and work based on the roadmap and requirements for Autonomous vehicles in the Garage

  • Lead the progress of the defined program landmarks and define the countermeasures to keep them in case of deviations

  • Translate requirements into specific tasks for all functional areas and actively collect, track and drive all issues to closure

  • Communicate the issue status to the teams located locally or on different geographical zones

  • Identify and accurately represent the priority of issues and raise them appropriately

  • Work closely with the engineering, quality, operation team, marketing to articulate the needs and build plans

  • Regularly communicate the program status and key issues to Nvidia management

  • Drive and manage on time execution of the programs

  • Develop a close working relationship with the cross functional teams and be the first point of contact for major program issues

What we need to see

  • Have 5+ years of experience in project/program management in the Automotive or Embedded Industry software products

  • A strong technical background and experience working with customers in an OEM environment

  • Experience in handling global projects with multinational program members

  • BS/MS in Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience), MBA with prior technical background

  • Aware of Program Management tools

  • Good presentation and interpersonal skills

Ways to stand out from the crowd

  • Track record in managing sophisticated hardware and software product development preferably in automotive industry

  • Prior experience in ADAS, Autonomous Driving

  • Leadership in coordination of different functional teams towards the same target

  • Good communication, negotiation, and organization skills.

  • Dedicated and able to work with a minimum of supervision

The base salary range is 104,000 USD - 212,750 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.