Manager, Software Performance Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

Nvidia

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Location
Santa Clara, CA
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$224,000–$356,500 / yr
Posted
47 days ago
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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Manager, Software Performance Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

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As a Manager of Software Performance within NVIDIA’s Autonomous Vehicles organization, you will lead the strategic scaling of performance engineering efforts across NDAS products and customer programs. Your role involves defining and maintaining execution roadmaps that ensure scalability across diverse product lines and hardware generations while mentoring a team of Performance Engineers to deliver timely releases aligned with OEM partner needs. You will enhance performance engineering workflows and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including algorithm developers, OS, and hardware groups, to establish a cohesive technical vision for NDAS. Key skills include 8+ years of software engineering experience, at least 4 years in team management, expertise in leading successful releases, and deep knowledge of computer architecture and operating systems, particularly relevant to autonomous vehicles or embedded systems.

Skills

C++ CUDA Python Git JIRA NVIDIA_Drive Embedded_Systems Deep_Learning CI/CD GPU_Optimization Real_time_Systems Computer_Architecture Operating_Systems Autonomous_Vehicles AVIONICS Robotics

What you'll do

  • Define and maintain strategic execution roadmap for performance engineering across NDAS products.
  • Lead and mentor a team of Performance Engineers to ensure timely NDAS releases.
  • Improve performance engineering workflows and processes for organizational scalability.
  • Partner with OEM customers, algorithm teams, OS, and hardware groups on technical vision.
  • Provide transparent communication of program status, risks, and issues to leadership.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of recent Software Engineering experience with at least 4 years in team management.
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience leading successful releases in a dynamic environment with short release cycles.
  • Proven ability to collaborate across complex technical software stacks and interdependencies.
  • Record of delivering organizational-wide programs and process improvements successfully.
  • Software management experience for large-scale mission-critical systems like autonomous vehicles.
  • Exposure to software performance optimization, including GPU/CUDA and C++ algorithmic optimizations.

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