Senior Developer Relationship Manager - Autonomous Vehicles

Job Summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Developer Relations Manager to lead developer ecosystem engagement for Autonomous Vehicles. The role involves serving as a primary technical advocate and ecosystem lead for developers building with NVIDIA automotive technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical developer engagement with strategic autonomous vehicle partners, including OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, startups, ISVs, and research organizations.
• Serve as a primary DevRel point of contact for the AV developer ecosystem, helping partners adopt NVIDIA technologies across AI training, simulation, synthetic data, validation, and in-vehicle deployment.
• Develop and deliver technical enablement programs, including workshops, sample applications, reference architectures, demos, best-practice guides, executive briefings, and industry event content.
• Support early-access software and platform integrations with key partners, collecting feedback, identifying technical blockers, and helping drive successful adoption.
• Champion partner requirements, architectural patterns, product gaps, and developer feedback with NVIDIA product and engineering teams.
• Partner with solutions architects, product managers, engineering, sales, marketing, and regional teams to align developer engagement with NVIDIA’s Automotive platform strategy.
• Build trusted relationships with technical leaders, developers, decision makers, and ecosystem influencers to accelerate adoption and deepen long-term engagement.
• Support go-to-market and product launch activities by translating technical capabilities into clear developer value and partner outcomes.
• Track ecosystem needs, adoption signals, and technical engagement patterns to inform roadmap priorities and future developer programs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in developer relations, technical partnerships, software engineering, product management, solutions architecture, or ecosystem development.
• Strong technical background in autonomous vehicles, automotive software, AI, simulation, accelerated computing, embedded systems, or related domains.
• Experience working with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, AV startups, ISVs, or enterprise technology partners.
• Hands-on experience with one or more areas such as AI model training, synthetic data generation, simulation, data pipelines, full-stack software, edge deployment, or autonomous systems.
• Ability to engage credibly with developers and senior technical leaders while also communicating clearly with business, product, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience translating partner feedback into product requirements, technical roadmap input, documentation improvements, and scalable enablement programs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a track record of building trust across internal teams and external partners.
• Hands-on experience with C++, Python, CUDA, and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Understanding of AI model development lifecycles, from data pipelines and training through optimization, validation, and deployment on edge devices.

Desired Skills

• Experience with NVIDIA DRIVE, DGX, Omniverse, Cosmos, CUDA, CUDA-X, NeMo, or NVIDIA AI Enterprise.
• Direct experience with ADAS/AD software stacks, including perception, sensor fusion, planning, simulation, validation, or safety workflows.
• Familiarity with automotive safety and development standards such as ISO 26262.
• Experience building or scaling developer communities, partner enablement programs, technical workshops, or ecosystem campaigns.
• Background with world foundation models, generative AI, physical AI, synthetic data, or GPU-accelerated simulation.
• Strong understanding of the challenges autonomous vehicle developers face when adopting AI technologies at production scale.

Company Information

NVIDIA is dedicated to making self-driving vehicles a reality and believes this technology can save millions of lives. Join a team of innovative thinkers at one of the world's most respected technology companies. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers with some of the most forward-thinking people in the world working here. If you're entrepreneurial and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is $184,000 - $287,500 for Level 4, and $224,000 - $356,500 for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 5, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.