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Robot AI and Software
Location
Santa ClaraCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Customer Success
Posted
Sep 20, 2026
Full-time

Principal OEM Execution Lead, Autonomous Driving Solutions

Job description

Own the end-to-end execution that takes NVIDIA DRIVE Autonomous Driving Software (NDAS) from product definition to production deployment across major OEM vehicle lines. We are seeking an accomplished engineering execution leader to lead adaptation, integration, validation, and production readiness of NVIDIA Autonomous driving solution (NDAS) for strategic automotive OEMs. You will work between NVIDIA product and engineering teams and the OEM's vehicle, software, systems, and validation groups.

The role involves converting an agreed feature set into a deliverable vehicle program. This entails clarifying requirements, coordinating interfaces and responsibilities, setting the engineering plan,…

Job responsibilities

  • Lead NDAS execution with major OEMs across the full program lifecycle — from feature definition and technical alignment through vehicle integration, validation, launch, and production ramp — owning the coordinated…
  • Translate OEM vehicle requirements and use cases into clear commitments for NVIDIA teams, while ensuring OEM partners understand product capabilities, constraints, assumptions, and the work required on their side;
  • Drive multi-functional implementation across autonomous-driving features, systems, platform software, vehicle integration, functional safety, cybersecurity, validation, quality, release, and field engineering.
  • Establish a rigorous operating cadence with actionable achievements, objective readiness metrics, risk and dependency management, decision logs, and clear paths for addressing customer concerns that block progress.
  • Direct technical issue resolution across systems, safety, security, and development groups — determining root causes, clarifying ownership, surfacing tradeoffs, and ensuring lasting closure without slowing program…
  • Represent overall program health and technical readiness in reviews with OEM engineering leaders and NVIDIA executives, communicating decisions, risks, recovery plans, and resource needs with clarity.
  • Ensure lessons from each vehicle program feed back into the product, tooling, documentation, test infrastructure, and integration model to improve subsequent OEM programs.
  • Develop leaders and strengthen a culture of ownership, transparency, engineering rigor, and customer dedication across the extended program team.

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