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Lead Safety Architect - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Hybrid (Santa Clara, CA), Hybrid (Remote US)$224k - $356.5kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Lead Safety Architect for NVIDIA's autonomous vehicle initiatives, defining safety architecture and ensuring safety at scale across DRIVE products. Leads multi-functional safety initiatives, delivers safety concepts and metrics, and improves safety analysis processes.

Responsibilities

  • Leading multi-functional initiatives to define safety architecture and requirements for autonomous vehicles.
  • Delivering safety concepts and analysis to enable continuous and safe software deliveries.
  • Defining and improving safety metrics in collaboration with experts in perception, AI, motion planning, and safety architecture.
  • Improving processes and tools for safety analysis and data-driven evaluation.
  • Sharing safety analysis and readiness results with colleagues and management.

Qualifications

  • MS or higher in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • A structured approach to systems and software development.
  • Proven record of successfully leading multi-functional efforts in architecture, development, or verification.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

Required:Safety architecture and requirements definitionSafety analysisMetrics and data-driven evaluationCross-functional leadershipCommunication

Benefits

  • equity and benefits (see link)
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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