Senior Manager, Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

Posted 25 Days Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office
272K-431K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
The Role
Lead distributed engineering and data teams developing autonomous-vehicle data curation systems and algorithms. Architect in-car data strategies supporting AI training, simulation, and continuous performance improvement. Develop algorithms to mine and classify valuable driving scenarios, establish data quality and metadata standards, and coordinate alignment across research, engineering, and product leadership. The role requires extensive industry experience, technical leadership, autonomous vehicle or robotics expertise, and familiarity with multimodal AI systems.
Summary Generated by Built In

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Join the team and discover how you can develop a lasting impact on the world.

At NVIDIA, we’re building the future of autonomous driving — from the silicon to the full-stack AI systems that power next-generation robots on wheels. Our ability to deliver safe, scalable autonomy depends on one thing above all: data. Extensive, diverse, high-quality data. We seek a manager to guide a team to develop systems and algorithms extracting intelligence from petascale consumer fleets.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Lead, encourage, and develop elite engineering and data teams distributed across Europe and the United States.

  • Architect and operationalize NVIDIA’s in-car curation strategy, powering AI training, simulation, and continuous AV performance improvements.

  • Invent and deploy brand new algorithms that mine, classify, and surface the most valuable driving scenarios from customer cars.

  • Champion data quality and metadata standards that accelerate development and improve safety and performance.

What We Need to See:

  • 10+ overall years of industry experience including 4+ years in technical leadership.

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

  • Demonstrated success leading data-focused teams in AV or robotics domain.

  • Hands-on experience with VLMs, LLMs, or multimodal AI systems applied to perception, data triage, or automated labeling will be effective.

  • Prior experience in the autonomous vehicle ecosystem — perception, mapping, robotics, ADAS/AD, or AV data workflows.

  • Strong communication, careful planning, and technical leadership capabilities.

Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd:

  • Hands-on experience with AV scenario mining, drive replay, or simulation feedback loops.

  • Ability to drive clarity and alignment across research, engineering, and product leadership.

#AutonomousVehicles

Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family www.nvidiabenefits.com/ 

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 18, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of overall industry experience, including 4+ years in technical leadership
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated success leading data-focused teams in the autonomous vehicle or robotics domain
  • Hands-on experience with VLMs, LLMs, or multimodal AI systems applied to perception, data triage, or automated labeling
  • Prior experience in the autonomous vehicle ecosystem, including perception, mapping, robotics, ADAS/AD, or AV data workflows
  • Strong communication, careful planning, and technical leadership capabilities
  • Hands-on experience with AV scenario mining, drive replay, or simulation feedback loops
  • Ability to drive clarity and alignment across research, engineering, and product leadership

NVIDIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NVIDIA and has not been reviewed or approved by NVIDIA.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity awards and a discounted ESPP are highlighted as core parts of total compensation, enabling employees to share in the company’s success. Stock-based compensation and the two-year lookback ESPP are consistently described as especially valuable.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is portrayed as robust, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options alongside mental health support and on-site care resources. Employer HSA contributions and wellness perks reinforce the depth of the offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs are depicted as strong, featuring a meaningful 401(k) match with Roth options and support for Mega Backdoor Roth contributions. These elements position long-term savings as a notable advantage of the total rewards package.

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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, CA
21,960 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”

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