NVIDIA

Autonomous Vehicles

Manager,SoftwarePerformanceEngineering

$224–431k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Manager, Software Performance Engineering at NVIDIA. Skills: Software Performance Engineering, Autonomous Vehicles, Team Management, Strategic Planning, Cross-functional Collaboration. Define and maintain the strategic execution roadmap, ensuring scalability across diverse product lines, release timelines, emerging customer engagements, and next-generation hardware platforms.. Lead and mentor a team of Performance Engineers in day-to-day execution, driving timely NDAS releases aligned with OEM p”

What You'll Achieve.

enabling the highest-quality autonomous driving experience NDAS can deliver!

Industry & Context.

Autonomous Vehicles

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ overall years recent Software Engineering experience driving the planning and execution of software engineering projects, and releasing commercial, at least 4 years of Software team management experience, BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related field (or relevant experience), Experience leading successful releases with short release cadence in a dynamic environment, Proven ability to understand and collaborate across complex technical SW stacks and their interdependencies in big organizations, Proven record of leading and successfully delivering organizational wide programs and projects as well as process improvements

Nice to Have

Software management or systems engineering experience for large-scale mission/safety critical systems, specifically with autonomous vehicles, avionics or robotics, Software performance optimization exposure, especially in Embedded/Real-time Systems, GPU/CUDA optimizations or C++ algorithmic optimizations, grasp of Computer Architecture & Operating System concepts, Exposure to developing or delivering deep learning projects on Embedded Systems/NVIDIA DRIVE platforms

What You'll Do.

Define and maintain the strategic execution roadmap

ensuring scalability across diverse product lines

emerging customer engagements

and next-generation hardware platforms.

Lead and mentor a team of Performance Engineers in day-to-day execution

driving timely NDAS releases aligned with OEM partner roadmaps.

Improve performance engineering workflows and processes to foster a scalable

organization-wide performance culture.

Partner proactively with OEM customers

and hardware groups to establish a cohesive long-term architecture and technical vision for NDAS.

transparent communication of program status

and key issues to leadership and multi-functional collaborators.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

cultivate and grow a deeply collaborative group that operates optimally across Product, Functions, Safety, Operating Systems & Middleware, and next-generation hardware teams; Partner proactively with OEM customers, algorithm teams, OS, and hardware groups; Provide regular, transparent communication of program status, risks, and key issues to leadership and multi-functional collaborators; Proven ability to understand and collaborate across complex technical SW stacks and their interdependencies in big organizations

Communication Scope

Provide regular, transparent communication of program status, risks, and key issues to leadership and multi-functional collaborators.

Process & Methodology

driving the planning and execution of software engineering projects, leading successful releases with short release cadence in a dynamic environment, leading and successfully delivering organizational wide programs and projects

Full Job Description

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. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. We are seeking a Manager of Software Performance within the Autonomous Vehicles organization! In this role, you will drive the strategic scaling of performance engineering efforts across the full portfolio of NVIDIA DRIVE Autonomous Solutions (NDAS) products, spanning multiple customer programs and hardware generations. Your mission will be to cultivate and grow a deeply collaborative group that operates optimally across Product, Functions, Safety, Operating Systems & Middleware, and next-generation hardware teams — ultimately enabling the highest-quality autonomous driving experience NDAS can deliver! **What you 'll be doing:** * Define and maintain the strategic execution roadmap, ensuring scalability across diverse product lines, release timelines, emerging customer engagements, and next-generation hardware platforms. * Lead and mentor a team of Performance Engineers in day-to-day execution, driving timely NDAS releases aligned with OEM partner roadmaps. * Improve performance engineering workflows and processes to foster a scalable, organization-wide performance culture. * Partner proactively with OEM customers, algorithm teams, OS, and hardware groups to establish a cohesive long-term architecture and technical vision for NDAS. * Provide regular, transparent communication of prog

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