Senior Director, Engineering - Imaging Software

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

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. Are you ready to chart a path to empowering intelligent autonomous vision? We are now looking for a Senior Director to lead our Camera Software organization and grow imaging capabilities across consumer, automotive, and edge platforms. The ideal candidate has a strong background delivering production camera and imaging software stacks on embedded systems. You will have deep expertise in advanced image processing and neural imaging pipelines. Experience building AI-based camera solutions at scale is critical. We invite a proven engineering leader to guide the future of intelligent camera systems. This includes combining computational imaging, real-time neural processing, and stable embedded software to power new vision-enabled devices.

Requirements

8+ years of leadership experience leading multiple software engineering and algorithm teams and projects
Strong software development skills and experience leading teams to deliver production software on time. Agentic SW development (Claude Code, Codex) is a must
Experience formulating and completing technical roadmaps and strategies while delivering embedded software stacks at production quality
History of developing computational imaging, computer vision, and sophisticated imaging algorithms and solutions—from ISP pipelines to deep learning for camera systems (e.g., HDR, denoising, super-resolution, scene understanding)
Working experience with embedded HW technologies and I/O interfaces such as MIPI CSI, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, HDMI, SPI, I2C
15+ years of overall experience
Master’s or PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Vision, Applied Math, or related field

Responsibilities

Refining how imaging pipelines are processed, developing the next generation of algorithms and interfaces to world models and inference
Enabling production quality stacks for humanoid robotics and autonomous vehicles
Developing applied research capabilities bringing together imaging and inference
Leading teams across NVIDIA in the development of world class imaging capabilities