Senior Technical Program Manager - Automotive

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

This role is for a Senior Technical Program Manager focused on data acquisition strategy and execution for NVIDIA's automotive division. The individual will manage relationships with partners and internal teams, establish operational objectives, track progress, and provide feedback using data-driven methods. They will also mentor junior team members.

What you'd actually do

  1. Effectively interact with PMs, MLEs and data analysts to understand complex data needs and timelines; skillfully manage relationships with OEM partners and NV internal hardware and operations teams. Establish high level data acquisition plans, manage and optimize their execution.
  2. Establish data acquisition operational objectives, metrics and work plans. Work with the team to track progress daily and make corrective actions to ensure targets are met.
  3. Use data driven methods to provide feedback and insight on operation status. Make use of state of the art tooling and closely interact with the engineering team to establish tooling roadmap to continuously improve operation.
  4. Direct and mentor junior members of the operations team.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or above in relevant technical or operations field or equivalent experience, with 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Deep understanding of data acquisition in a related field with experience demonstrating operation know-how and high quality execution
  • Experience interacting with OEM partners and people with varying levels of technical background such as MLEs, PMs, drivers etc.
  • Results driven with excellent communication skills, and a collaborative, team-oriented approach.

Nice to have

  • Industry experience in autonomous driving, especially in data collection, mapping, crowd sourced collection etc.
  • Proven operational experience balancing cost-effectiveness, safety and fast turnaround time.
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully implement solutions in ambitious, high-stakes environments.
  • A proven history of developing and implementing strategies that compete on a global scale.

What the JD emphasized

  • Deep understanding of data acquisition in a related field with experience demonstrating operation know-how and high quality execution
  • Industry experience in autonomous driving, especially in data collection, mapping, crowd sourced collection etc.
  • Proven operational experience balancing cost-effectiveness, safety and fast turnaround time.