Technical Lead, GenAI - Autonomous Vehicles

Nvidia

Actively hiring
Us, Ca, Santa Clara, US Posted 45 days ago $224,000$356,500 / year

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TL;DR

As a Senior Technical Lead at NVIDIA, you will join a dynamic team focused on engaging developer ecosystems in emerging technology domains such as Generative AI and Autonomous Vehicles. Your primary responsibilities include serving as a technical advisor for partner engineering teams, developing deep expertise in NVIDIA’s Cosmos and Omniverse Platforms through prototyping and creating reference architectures, and advising on the creation of technical enablement resources like sample code and guides. You will also support product launches by providing technical validation and ensuring excellence in customer-facing materials while fostering co-innovation with partners and startups. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in AI roles, particularly in AV End-to-End models and GenAI model development, along with proficiency in Python or C++, Linux, and DevOps tools like GitLab, Docker, and Kubernetes. Additionally, you should have a strong understanding of AV systems, DL and RL frameworks such as PyTorch, and experience deploying LLM models at scale on cloud providers.

Skills

Python C++ Linux GitLab Docker Kubernetes PyTorch AWS Azure GCP NVIDIA_Omniverse NVIDIA_Cosmos USD NIMs Blueprints LangChain LangGraph MCP Multimodal_LLMs VLMs DiT

What you'll do

  • Serve as a technical advisor for partner engineering teams on architecture and integration for NVIDIA’s AI platforms.
  • Develop deep expertise in NVIDIA Cosmos and Omniverse Platforms through prototyping and creating reference architectures.
  • Advise on the creation of technical enablement resources like sample code and guides to solve real-world problems.
  • Engage with partner software organizations to understand goals, solve challenges, and promote best practices for integrations.
  • Support product launches by providing technical validation and demonstrating integrated solutions to ensure excellence in materials.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of hands-on experience in technical AI roles, focusing on AV End-to-End models and GenAI development.
  • Proficiency in Python or C++ for production code and Linux environment.
  • Expertise with DevOps tools including GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding of autonomous vehicle systems (sensors, dynamics, perception).
  • Experience with deep learning and reinforcement learning algorithms and frameworks like PyTorch.

Market check

Salary context

This $224,000–$356,500 range sits above 91% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$182,400$258,750

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$168,375$246,425

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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About Nvidia

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

Nvidia currently has 802 open roles on FindRole.

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