Lead Design Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA•Us, CA

About The Position

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. Our team takes pride in working on innovative assisted and autonomous driving technologies and products. In this role, you are at the forefront to create and design innovative solutions to common problems arising with ambitious requests around the implementation of our automotive technologies in benches and vehicles. These can be challenges around electrical, mechanical or thermal topics, that require out of the box thinking paired with experience and constant striving for excellence and cover schematics, BOMs, mechanical designs, harness designs and similar. You strive in planning and engineering automotive/vehicle/bench setups with excellence and dedication from early ideas to prototypes and in the end scalable solutions.

Requirements

BS, MS, or PhD Engineering degree or equivalent experience
5+ years of relevant experience
Proven experience in automotive wire harness design, mechanical designs and thermal solutions (eg IPC/WHMA-A-620 standard)
Ability to source, manage, and maintain relationships with vendors & suppliers for manufacturing & materials
Strong manufacturing and R&D background and Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
Capability to quick learn, understand, communicate and integrate technical concepts and issues

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do
Strong collaborative and social skills, and ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic, multifaceted environment
Successfully delivering products from concept through launch
Deep understanding of product development processes, including fundamentals of automotive electronics, sensors and software

Responsibilities

Design the routing and retention of harnesses, cables, and connectors to ensure ease of assembly, serviceability, and robust functionality
Develop BOMs, wire, and material specifications
Create and manage CAD (3D models, assemblies, 2D drawings) using eg SolidWorks and Altium (LV, HV, high-speed vehicle interconnects, mechanical brackets, templates)
Conceptualise with prototyping to find innovative solutions for our autonomous vehicle setups including compute and sensor technologies (LiDAR/RADAR/cameras)
Working with OEMs, vendors and partners (current and potential) to identify the best engineering solution for Nvidia’s vehicle platform
Regularly provide leadership team with project status reports
Drive priorities to ensure we meet expectations of our requestors with our engineering builds