Principal OEM Execution Lead, Autonomous Driving Solutions - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$272,000 - $431,250 USD yearly
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer — open 1 day.
About the role
This role involves end-to-end execution of NVIDIA DRIVE Autonomous Driving Software (NDAS) from product definition to production deployment across major OEM vehicle lines. It focuses on leading the adaptation, integration, validation, and production readiness of NDAS for strategic automotive OEMs.
What you'll do
- Lead NDAS execution with major OEMs across the full program lifecycle, including feature definition, technical alignment, vehicle integration, validation, launch, and production ramp.
- Translate OEM vehicle requirements and use cases into clear commitments for NVIDIA teams, ensuring partners understand product capabilities and constraints.
- Drive multi-functional implementation across autonomous-driving features, systems, platform software, vehicle integration, functional safety, cybersecurity, validation, quality, and release.
- Establish a rigorous operating cadence with actionable achievements, readiness metrics, risk and dependency management, and decision logs.
- Direct technical issue resolution across systems, safety, security, and development groups, clarifying ownership and ensuring lasting closure.
- Represent overall program health and technical readiness in reviews with OEM engineering leaders and NVIDIA executives.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of relevant experience in automotive software, autonomous driving, embedded systems, vehicle platforms, or a complex safety-critical product domain.
- Demonstrated success taking a complex automotive software product from requirements and architecture through integration, validation, SOP, and production support with a major OEM.
- Strong technical understanding of system and software architecture, embedded compute, vehicle networks, sensor and actuator interfaces, diagnostics, and software release processes.
- Proven ability to lead large multi-functional programs in a matrixed organization and resolve ambiguous, high-impact issues.
- Working knowledge of Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, SOTIF, cybersecurity, change control, and production-quality processes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and customer-facing leadership.
Skills: OEM execution, autonomous driving, vehicle program, functional safety, program lifecycle
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 57-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
43
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (43 roles · 8 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 43 |
| Median days open | 74 d | 57 d (+17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: OEM execution, autonomous driving, vehicle program, functional safety, program lifecycle
Who's hiring in this category
- Mobileye · 12 open roles · median 47 d
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How we counted: 43 open Technical Program Management (Automotive IC) roles from 8 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.