Senior Technical Program Manager, AV System Integration

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 168,000-258,800 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

Tech Stack
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Details

NVIDIA is seeking a creative and experienced Technical Program Manager to help bring its autonomous vehicle platform to market. This role is responsible for managing and delivering new platforms and technologies into the fleet. You will work with cross-functional engineering development teams across various vehicle subsystems to integrate their work into NVIDIA's autonomous DRIVE software platform while meeting or exceeding relevant NVIDIA and automotive standards and guidelines.

NVIDIA's platform supports automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, automotive research institutions, and startups developing artificial intelligence systems for self-driving vehicles, including autonomous cars, trucks, shuttles, and taxis.

Responsibilities

Drive platform technologies from bring-up to production while working cross-functionally across teams.
Coordinate onboarding of new customer vehicles from conception through bring-up and fleet adoption.
Manage risks and resolve issues affecting fleet technology scope, schedule, and quality.
Improve team processes and procedures and streamline day-to-day operations.
Define scope and independently work with cross-functional engineering teams to develop and manage project roadmaps, schedules, milestones, and development activities.

Requirements

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 8 years of recent industry and program or project management experience planning and executing software engineering projects and releasing commercial products.
Experience managing projects involving new product areas.
Proven ability to lead and successfully deliver scalable programs and projects and implement process improvements.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate and drive adoption of improved process workflows in scalable organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with embedded systems.
Experience in automotive system integration.
Experience leading global projects across time zones.
Experience with Jira and/or JAMA, including mentoring engineering teams in using these tools and working with agility.
Expertise in Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range: USD 168,000–258,750 per year.
Eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications will be accepted at least until August 11, 2026. NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.