Senior Technical Program Manager, Safety and Product Life Cycle - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA•Us, CA

About The Position

The Autonomous Vehicles (AV) team at NVIDIA is seeking a highly motivated and technical Program Manager to define and build the future of NVIDIA's self-driving software, aiming to scale self-driving technology from L2 to L4 robotaxis. The team collaborates with multiple OEM partners globally, and their software will be used by millions of customers worldwide. In this role, the Program Manager will be responsible for the product life cycle and safety aspects of NVIDIA's stack, requiring a deep understanding of how NVIDIA delivers and implements ISO 26262. The role involves tracking program execution to meet delivery timelines, continuously improving processes, and working closely with developers and safety engineers to deliver optimal technology solutions. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure products can be released, making self-driving vehicles a reality.

Requirements

Driven, hands on, leader with strong skills in communication, influencing, and multi-functional team building across time zones.
Creative problem solver who can handle ambiguous situations, reach consensus, and make decisions.
Execution focus, with experience bringing new and innovative products and technologies into reality.
12+ years of recent Product or Program Management experience.
BS/MS Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Nice To Haves

Relevant domain knowledge/experience (ISO 26262, Product Life Cycle).
Experience in a fast-paced AI company or Autonomous Vehicle company.
Showing you always strive to learn new things, are motivated to tackle hard problems, and that you care about the end product.
Ability to support software engineers on a technical level.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with experts in safety engineering to gain a comprehensive grasp of the full set of expectations for the next release holistically and for each team.
Interact directly with and support engineers and engineering leads to meet the safety goals on time.
Coordinate and collaborate with teams and internal customers to deliver those roadmaps: communicate and resolve bottlenecks, address issues, and measure outcomes.
Develop a deep technical understanding of your area of ownership, and to proactively identify areas of improvement and investment, influencing technical direction.
Escalating technical, resource and compliance risks across the product teams with mitigation plans.
Engaging with internal teams to root cause workflow/tooling bottlenecks to direct problems to the appropriate engineering teams for resolution.
Work collaboratively with other technical product managers and technical leads to understand the sophisticated self-driving problems we are solving, and to break down these problems into a solution with prioritized technical requirements.