NVIDIA
Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Agentic Development for Safety-Critical Systems
$272K–$431K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ overall years in software engineering, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads a team building a safety-ready agentic engineering platform that turns specifications into validated, production-grade systems software and drivers.
What you'll do
- Lead the core engineering team and set the platform’s architecture and technical strategy.
- Build agents and workflows for systems development, including implementation, debugging, testing, and validation.
- Develop tools, evaluations, validators, and feedback loops to make agentic development dependable.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Track record managing and delivering large-scale, complex software projects.
- Strong understanding of safety-critical system development and relevant standards such as ISO 26262 or DO-178C.
Nice to have
- Experience leading production driver software or building developer platforms, autonomous engineering systems, or multi-agent infrastructure.
- Experience with NVIDIA DRIVE OS, QNX, automotive software, formal verification, or safety/security evidence pipelines.
Pay
272,000 USD - 431,250 USD (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Rust, ISO 26262, DO-178C, NVIDIA DRIVE OS, QNX, ISO/SAE 21434
AI focus
Builds AI agents and workflows for systems-software development, validation, and evidence generation.
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