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Senior Technical Program Manager - Autonomous Vehicles

Lensa
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/5/2026
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If you're passionate about autonomous vehicles, we would love to hear from you! The Autonomous Vehicles Program Management team is searching for a creative and experienced Technical Program Manager to lead the end-to-end development of new autonomous driving features for NVIDIA's autonomous vehicle platform. We are the leading artificial intelligence computing company and are paving the way with innovations in gaming, visualization, supercomputing and self-driving cars. As a key member of our Automotive Vehicles Program Team, you will be a key leader responsible for the software development execution of our autonomous driving software stack. NVIDIA gives automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, automotive research institutions, and start-ups the power and flexibility to develop and deploy breakthrough artificial intelligence systems for self-driving vehicles. Today, we are working with over 270 partners that are using our platform in the development of autonomous cars, trucks, shuttles and taxis.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Leading automotive software development across multiple engineering teams related to ADAS/Autonomy features.
  • Working with the engineering leads to define product and roadmaps, develop schedules, and drive the execution and tracking of these across the organization.
  • Coordinating release content and efforts with multiple program managers and engineering managers who own individual components.
  • Identifying and handling risks, and resolving issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.
  • Establishing metrics to assess and improve product quality and execution.
  • Regularly communicating the program status and key issues to management and multi-functional teams within the organization.

What We Need To See

  • BS/MS Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 8 years of recent Program/Product Management experience, including driving the planning and execution of complex software engineering projects, and releasing commercial products.
  • Proven experience in Automotive, Perception, Path Planning and/or AI.
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to collaborate on global projects across teams and time zones.
  • Experience with Jira and/or JAMA, to the point that you can comfortably guide an engineering team how to use these tools.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

  • Proven experience leading end-to-end development of ADAS or self-driving features
  • Experience as software engineer, software QA or systems engineer.
  • Background in a fast-paced Automotive OEM or supplier.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 160,000 USD - 253,000 USD for Level 4, and 192,000 USD - 304,750 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/) .

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 21, 2025.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com

Salary : $160,000 - $304,750

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