NVIDIA
Director, Carline Program Management - Autonomous Vehicles
$272K–$426K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 29, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ overall years in software and hardware platforms; 8+ years of leadership experience.
- Education
- BS/MS (or equivalent experience) in engineering.
About the job
Leads the team and cross-functional work to plan, develop, validate, and prepare autonomous-driving carline products—especially L4 Robotaxi programs—for production.
What you'll do
- Lead the full carline program lifecycle, from feature definition and platform planning through vehicle adaptation, prototype integration, validation, and mass-production readiness.
- Lead carline product planning across data collection, ML ops, Data ops, in-car testing, KPI iteration, and customer management.
- Coordinate teams and resolve issues across software, hardware, vehicle, validation, and customer-facing work streams.
What they ask for
- BS/MS (or equivalent experience) in engineering.
- 15+ overall years of experience in both software and hardware platforms.
- 8+ years of leadership experience.
- Experience in a software development environment and a track record leading launches of technically complex products to customers, especially scaled L4 Robotaxi programs.
Nice to have
- Background in autonomous vehicles, Driver Assist technology, and/or machine learning; exposure leading development of ADAS functions/products.
- Experience with customer management and interaction.
Pay
272,000 USD - 425,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
ML ops, Data ops
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