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Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Agentic Development for Safety-Critical Systems

NVIDIA· Mgmt, Sys SW
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Santa Clara, CA$272k - $431.3k-full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Lead a core team building an agentic engineering platform to translate specifications into production-ready C/C++ and Rust software for safety-critical systems. Combine AI agents, deterministic validation, security, and functional-safety practices to enable reliable, verifiable driver-development software across NVIDIA DRIVE OS teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a high-impact core team building the future safety-ready agentic workflow for complex C/C++/Rust systems software and drivers.
  • Define the architecture and technical strategy for taking clear specifications through design, implementation, integration, testing, debugging, validation, review, and release.
  • Build agents and workflows that perform real systems-development work, including feature implementation, defect diagnosis and repair, regression analysis, refactoring, test development, performance optimization, and compatibility analysis.
  • Develop the harnesses, skills, tools, evaluations, deterministic validators, observability, and feedback loops that make agentic development dependable and continuously improving.
  • Create an engineering culture that combines ambitious invention with intellectual honesty, technical depth, measurable evidence, and an uncompromising quality bar.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ overall years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
  • Proven track record of managing and delivering large-scale, complex software projects
  • Strong understanding of safety-critical system development and relevant industry standards (such as ISO 26262, DO-178C).
  • Outstanding problem-solving abilities and the capacity to perform well under pressure.
  • Effective communication and partnership skills, enabling productive work with different teams.

Skills

Required:C/C++RustArchitecture and technical strategySafety-critical standardsLeadership and cross-team collaboration

Benefits

  • competitive salaries
  • generous benefits package
  • equity eligibility
  • benefits information available at NVIDIA benefits site
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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