CareerPlanSign in

Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $320,000–$320,000🗓 2026-07-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead the architecture and development of Vehicle & Sensor Abstraction Layers (VAL/SAL) to bridge autonomous driving software with physical vehicle and sensor systems.

Role type

Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform

Builds

Scalable software abstractions and plugin frameworks for real-time autonomy across diverse vehicle and sensor configurations.

Domain

Autonomous Vehicles / Robotics / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C++, C, multithreaded/distributed application development, parallel computing (GPGPU/CUDA), Linux/Android/RTOS, ROS, GStreamer, MISRA compliance, embedded architectures, OpenGL, CMake/Bazel

Preferred skills

ADAS applications, AUTOSAR, drive-by-wire systems, heterogeneous architectures, GPU programming

Responsibilities

Design and develop optimal software abstractions and plugin frameworks; Build mechanisms for software integration across vehicle/sensor configurations; Work on component abstraction, sensor/actuator interfacing, and inter-process communication; Solidify frameworks and validate improvements via real-world/synthetic testing; Perform in-vehicle tests and analyze sensor/vehicle data; Develop unit tests, documentation, and evaluate software quality; Develop highly efficient, production-quality C++ code with parallel computing capabilities.

Seniority

Director, 15+ years experience, 8+ years managing teams

Sourced via workday · Listed on CareerPlan, which tracks 70,000+ jobs from 20+ sources.