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Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA · full time · Director

$320,000 – $488,750

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What this role is

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.

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What they ask for

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

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