Director of Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

Director of Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation 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.

• Lead, encourage, and develop world-class engineering and data teams distributed across Europe and the United States.
• Architect and operationalize NVIDIA’s end-to-end data curation strategy, powering AI training, simulation, and continuous AV performance improvements.
• Invent and deploy brand new algorithms that mine, classify, and surface the most valuable driving scenarios from massive real-world and simulated datasets.
• Collaborate closely with NVIDIA research, AV perception, mapping, simulation, and fleet operations teams to ensure timely, high-fidelity data delivery.
• Drive scale: build systems that operate reliably across billions of frames, thousands of edge cases, and diverse sensor configurations.
• Champion data quality and metadata standards that accelerate development and improve safety and performance.

• 15+ overall years of industry experience including 5+ years in technical leadership, director-level, or equivalent.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated success leading distributed engineering or data-focused teams.
• Deep understanding of algorithm development for data mining, filtering, clustering, or scenario discovery.
• Hands-on experience with VLMs, LLMs, or multimodal AI systems applied to perception, data triage, or automated labeling.
• Prior experience in the autonomous vehicle ecosystem — perception, mapping, robotics, ADAS/AD, or AV data workflows.
• Strong expertise in large-scale data processing, systems build, or machine learning pipelines.
• Strong communication, careful planning, and technical leadership capabilities.

• Hands-on experience with AV scenario mining, drive replay, or simulation feedback loops.
• Experience building automated data quality frameworks or annotation workflows for perception systems.
• Ability to drive clarity and alignment across research, engineering, and product leadership.

We offer highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 308,000 USD - 471,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until December 15, 2025. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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.