Job Description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead international teams in developing systems and algorithms for autonomous driving. This role focuses on building a data engine that powers advanced AI platforms, requiring extensive experience in data processing and algorithm development.

Requirements

15+ overall years of industry experience including 5+ years in technical leadership, director-level, or equivalent.
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
Demonstrated success leading distributed engineering or data-focused teams.
Deep understanding of algorithm development for data mining, filtering, clustering, or scenario discovery.
Hands-on experience with VLMs, LLMs, or multimodal AI systems applied to perception, data triage, or automated labeling.
Prior experience in the autonomous vehicle ecosystem — perception, mapping, robotics, ADAS/AD, or AV data workflows.
Strong expertise in large-scale data processing, systems build, or machine learning pipelines.
Strong communication, careful planning, and technical leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

Lead, encourage, and develop world-class engineering and data teams distributed across Europe and the United States.
Architect and operationalize NVIDIA’s end-to-end data curation strategy, powering AI training, simulation, and continuous AV performance improvements.
Invent and deploy brand new algorithms that mine, classify, and surface the most valuable driving scenarios from massive real-world and simulated datasets.
Collaborate closely with NVIDIA research, AV perception, mapping, simulation, and fleet operations teams to ensure timely, high-fidelity data delivery.
Drive scale: build systems that operate reliably across billions of frames, thousands of edge cases, and diverse sensor configurations.
Champion data quality and metadata standards that accelerate development and improve safety and performance.

Benefits

Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.