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Director of Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA, Redmond, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/22/2026

Compensation

$320,000 - $488,750 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
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Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead international teams in Europe and the U.S. focused on developing systems and algorithms that extract intelligence from large-scale data for autonomous driving. This role emphasizes building a data engine that powers advanced AI platforms, ensuring high-quality data delivery for training and performance improvements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in algorithm development and experience in the autonomous vehicle ecosystem. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the field of AI and autonomous driving.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of industry experience including 5+ years in technical leadership or director-level roles.
  • Bachelor's 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 including 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 for AI training and simulation.
  • Invent and deploy algorithms that mine, classify, and surface valuable driving scenarios from datasets.
  • Collaborate closely with research, AV perception, mapping, simulation, and fleet operations teams.
  • Build systems that operate reliably across billions of frames and diverse sensor configurations.
  • Champion data quality and metadata standards to 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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Jul 17, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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