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Manager, Deep Learning – Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $224,000–$224,000🗓 2026-04-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a deep learning engineering team to deliver production-quality inference optimization and model enablement solutions for autonomous vehicles and robotics on NVIDIA edge hardware.

Role type

Manager, Deep Learning Engineering (Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics)

Builds

Inference optimization solutions and model enablement for automotive OEMs and robotics partners on NVIDIA DRIVE and Jetson platforms.

Domain

Autonomous driving, robotics, edge AI, GPU/SOC deployment

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning model optimization, neural network compilation, team leadership, technical engagement with OEMs, knowledge of modern DL architectures (transformers, VLMs, state space models), inference optimization toolchains (TensorRT)

Preferred skills

Autonomous vehicle or robotics domain leadership, training pipeline optimization, ML compiler frameworks (TVM, MLIR, XLA, Triton), automotive safety standards (ISO 26262, SOTIF), Agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, MCP)

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of deep learning engineers; Drive end-to-end technical engagements with OEM partners; Set technical direction for optimizing modern architectures on GPU/SOC platforms; Partner with compiler, runtime, and hardware teams; Collaborate with NVIDIA Research to bring new techniques to production; Represent NVIDIA externally at partner reviews and conferences.

Seniority

Manager, strategic technical leadership

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