# Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d505544a-cb96-4e23-98b1-d19b79f2f6fa

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Director
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 320000 – 488750 USD per year

## Summary

Lead the development of vehicle and sensor abstraction layer software that enables autonomous driving systems to interface with real-world hardware at scale. This role suits experienced engineering directors who want to architect the foundational software bridging perception and control in self-driving vehicles.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

AUTOSAR, C++, CMake, CUDA, Git, Linux, Multithreading, OpenGL, Robot Operating System (ROS)

## Required

- MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent)
- 15+ years industry experience
- 8+ years managing a team
- C and C++ programming expertise
- Multithreaded and distributed application development
- Parallel and distributed systems knowledge
- Linux, Android or real-time OS experience
- Robotics frameworks (ROS) or multimedia frameworks (GStreamer)
- Low-latency, high-performance code development

## Nice to have

- Embedded and heterogeneous architecture experience including GPUs
- Automotive systems knowledge (ADAS, AUTOSAR, drive-by-wire)
- Modern OpenGL (Core Profile) development
- GIT version control and CMake/Bazel build systems
- Hands-on collaboration with algorithm, software, and hardware engineers

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Manager--Abstraction-Layer-Engineering---Autonomous-Platform_JR2002272