Senior Automotive Sensor Ecosystem Manager - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Product & Program Management
$168,000 - $327,750 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
Build and manage the automotive sensor ecosystem for NVIDIA's autonomous driving team.
About the role
This individual contributor role manages partnerships with suppliers of autonomous vehicle sensors and systems. The role focuses on bringing qualified technologies into NVIDIA's automotive ecosystem for production-ready vehicle platforms.
What you'll do
- Develop supplier relationships and roadmaps, serving as a primary contact for sensor partners.
- Drive sensor qualification by defining criteria with engineering teams and coordinating evaluations.
- Coordinate supplier agreements and operations with legal, sourcing, finance, purchasing, and operations teams.
- Lead RFIs and supplier selection, presenting recommendations to collaborators.
- Manage sensor acquisition and allocation, consolidating demand, maintaining forecasts, and tracking orders.
- Resolve supplier issues, coordinating responses to quality, performance, support, and delivery concerns.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering, robotics, physics, business, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of experience in automotive sensors, ADAS/AV systems, supplier engagement, ecosystem development, or technical program leadership.
- Experience working with suppliers on roadmaps, qualification, selection, issue resolution, and escalations.
- Knowledge of autonomous vehicle sensors and systems, with the ability to assess technologies at a system and ecosystem level.
- Experience coordinating procurement, forecasts, deliveries, inventory, and hardware allocation across multiple teams.
Skills: automotive sensors, ADAS/AV systems, supplier engagement, ecosystem development, procurement