Customer Program Manager - Automotive

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 322,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking an experienced Program Manager for automotive AI initiatives, partnering with customers and internal teams to drive successful outcomes. You will lead programs across AI, ADAS, autonomous driving, perception, and software-defined vehicle platforms, translating requirements into actionable tasks and tracking progress with cross-functional teams worldwide.

Candidates should have 12+ years in automotive or embedded PM, strong OEM background, and an

Qualifications

• 12+ years of project/program management in Automotive or Embedded industries.
• Strong technical background and experience working with customers in an OEM environment.
• Experience handling global, multinational program teams and data campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing automotive programs involving AI, data science, ADAS, autonomous driving, perception, in-cab AI, or software-defined vehicle platforms.
• Coordinate data campaign initiatives: data collection goals, sensor coverage, scenario targets, labeling needs, dataset readiness, and feedback loops into model development.
• Define program schedules, achievements, and work based on customer roadmaps and requirements.
• Translate customer requirements into tasks across all functions and actively track and drive issues to closure.
• Communicate issue status to customers and internal teams across geographical zones.
• Identify and represent the priority of issues and raise them appropriately.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, logistics, and Sales to resolve technical and logistic issues.
• Regularly communicate program status and key issues to customer and Nvidia management.

Skills

Program management

OEM experience

Global projects

Data campaigns

ML basics

Education

BS/MS in Engineering or CS

MBA

Job description

At NVIDIA, we are passionate about AI and automotive technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer‑facing automotive programs involving AI, data science, ADAS, autonomous driving, in‑cab AI, perception, simulation, or software‑defined vehicle platforms.
• Partner with customers and internal teams to define and execute data campaign initiatives, including data collection goals, sensor coverage, scenario targets, edge‑case discovery, labeling needs, dataset readiness, and feedback loops into model development.
• Define program schedules, achievements, and work based on the customer roadmap and requirements.
• Translate customer requirements into specific tasks for all functional areas and actively collect, track and drive all issues to closure.
• Communicate issue status to the customer and internal teams located in different geographical zones.
• Identify and accurately represent the priority of issues and raise them appropriately.
• Work closely with engineering, quality, logistics and the Sales team to resolve technical and logistic issues.
• Regularly communicate program status and key issues to customer and Nvidia management.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in project/program management in the Automotive or Embedded Industry for electrical/electronic and software products.
• Strong technical background and experience working with customers in an OEM environment.
• Experience handling global projects with multinational program members.
• BS/MS or equivalent experience in Engineering or Computer Science, MBA with prior technical background.
• Understanding of machine learning and data science workflows, including data ingestion, labeling, feature analysis, model training, evaluation, validation, and deployment.
• Experience supporting or leading data campaign initiatives for automotive, robotics, autonomy, perception, mapping, simulation, or other AI‑heavy domains.
• Exposure to ML Ops, data operations, cloud AI infrastructure, GPU‑accelerated training, simulation pipelines, synthetic data, or large‑scale data management.

Benefits

Base salary range: 200,000USD – 322,000USD per year. Eligible for equity and other benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employment

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proudly provides equal employment opportunities. We do not discriminate 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.