Technical Lead, GenAI - Autonomous Vehicles

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$224,000–$356,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
9 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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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 · Technical Lead, GenAI - Autonomous Vehicles

As a Senior Technical Lead, GenAI - Autonomous Vehicles, you will join the team to engage developer ecosystems across generative AI, autonomous vehicles, and simulation platforms. You will serve as a technical advisor for partner engineering teams, collaborating on architecture, code, and integration for Omniverse and AI-enabled solutions. Your daily work involves developing reference architectures, creating sample code, and providing technical enablement resources while advocating for partner needs to internal product teams. The role requires expertise in Python, C++, Linux, and DevOps tools like GitLab, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will utilize PyTorch, USD, NIMs, and Blueprints to solve complex problems in the autonomous vehicle domain, specifically focusing on end-to-end models, sensor data curation, world models, and agentic AI frameworks like LangChain or LangGraph to advance simulation workflows and multimodal model deployment.

What you'll do

  • Serve as a technical advisor to partner engineering teams on architecture, code, and integration for Omniverse and AI solutions.
  • Develop reference architectures and prototype integrations using NVIDIA Cosmos, Omniverse platforms, APIs, USD, and NIMs.
  • Create technical enablement resources including sample code, guides, demonstration pipelines, and tools for real-world problem solving.
  • Consult with partner organizations to resolve technical challenges and promote best practices for successful technology integration.
  • Advocate for partner technical needs and field feedback to internal product teams to influence roadmap development.
  • Support product launches by providing technical validation and demonstrating integrated solutions in customer-facing materials.
  • Guide partners and startups through onboarding and integration processes to foster co-innovation and new solution development.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of hands-on experience in a technical AI role with an emphasis on AV End-to-End models and GenAI development.
  • Proficiency in writing production code in Python or C++ and working within Linux environments.
  • Hands-on experience with DevOps tools including GitLab, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding of AV systems (sensors, dynamics, perception, prediction, planning, control) and DL/RL algorithms using PyTorch.
  • Experience leading technical collaborations involving architectural design, code reviews, mentorship, and delivering technical talks or workshops.
  • Experience with AV sensors, data curation pipelines, world models, simulation workflows, and Agentic AI frameworks (preferred).
  • Experience deploying LLM models at scale on cloud providers to optimize inference and performance (preferred).

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