Manager, Deep Learning – Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics

NVIDIA is hiring a Manager, Deep Learning – Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $224k-$357k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

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Join our Deep Learning Engineering team within NVIDIA's Tegra Solutions Engineering organization, where we deliver production-quality deep learning solutions for autonomous vehicles and robotics on edge hardware. As a key member of our team, you'll lead a group of highly skilled engineers. We work at the intersection of modern model architectures, compiler technology, and embedded deployment. Application areas include end-to-end autonomous driving, vision-language-action models, multi-camera perception, and robotic foundation models. You'll define and drive strategic technical initiatives, working directly with automotive OEMs and robotics partners to solve their toughest optimization challenges on NVIDIA DRIVE and Jetson platforms. You'll coordinate extensively with NVIDIA Research, hardware, and compiler teams to advance the state-of-the-art in deep learning for physical AI!

What you'll be doing:

Lead and develop a team of deep learning engineers delivering inference optimization and model enablement solutions for automotive and robotics customers.
Drive end-to-end technical engagements with OEM partners, owning scoping, resource allocation, and delivery of production-quality solutions.
Set technical direction on how modern architectures (transformers, vision-language models, state space models) are optimized and deployed on GPU and SOC platforms.
Partner with compiler, runtime, and hardware teams to connect customer workload patterns with platform capabilities and roadmap priorities.
Collaborate with NVIDIA Research and internal deep learning teams to bring brand new techniques into production!
Represent NVIDIA externally at partner reviews, conferences, and industry forums.

What we need to see:

Master's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years of overall experience with at least 5 years in deep learning model optimization, inference engineering, or neural network compilation.
4+ years of team leadership experience
Proven ability to manage concurrent technical customer engagements and deliver under production constraints.
Strong knowledge of current DL architectures and inference optimization toolchains (TensorRT or equivalent).
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage credibly with both OEM engineering leadership and deep technical ICs.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience leading DL optimization teams in the autonomous vehicle or robotics domain with direct OEM or Tier-1 engagement.
Background in training pipeline optimization, curriculum design, or end-to-end autonomous driving architectures.
Experience with ML compiler frameworks (TVM, MLIR, XLA, Triton) or inference runtime development.
Familiarity with automotive safety standards (ISO 26262, SOTIF) and their implications for inference system design.
Track record of building engineering teams in growing competitive talent markets and experience with Agentic AI frameworks, tools, and protocols like LangChain, LangGraph, MCP or equivalent experience

The Deep Learning Engineering team within Tegra Solutions Engineering sits at the intersection of NVIDIA's most advanced AI technology and the customers. We work end-to-end: from architecture decisions with OEM engineering leadership, through optimization and deployment on DRIVE and Jetson platforms, to production vehicles and robots operating in the field. Our engineers engage directly with the world's leading automotive and robotics companies, solving problems that span next-generation network architectures, training infrastructure, inference optimization, and closed-loop simulation. We collaborate closely with NVIDIA Research, various NVIDIA AI teams, and hardware teams. The team is growing, and we are investing in building out our presence across multiple sites. If you want your work to ship on real autonomous systems and shape the platforms they run on, this is the team to join.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 3; and 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

How we rate this

Manager, Deep Learning – Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics at NVIDIA rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Manager, Deep Learning – Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $224k-$357k a year.
The role is based in US, CA, Santa Clara.
The job was posted on April 22, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

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