Technical Program Manager, Functional Safety software

Overview

• We are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join NVIDIA’s Automotive Software team.
• You act as the cross-section between execution and strategy, driving impactful programs and delivering measurable results across many functions.
• We need passionate, hard-working, with a can-do attitude and creative people to help us take on more of these unique opportunities in Automotive solution space.
• This role will coordinate software safety planning, execution, release readiness, and audit support across engineering, safety, architecture, testing, assurance, product, and teams engaged with customers.
• The ideal candidate possesses strong experience coordinating technical programs in software crafted for safety-critical systems.
• They should be familiar with standards like ISO 26262 and ISO 21434.
• They must also handle intricate dependencies spanning software architecture, requirements, verification, diagnostics, platform integration, and release accomplishments.
• What you will be doing: Lead software programs committed to functional safety through planning, execution, validation, release, and audit readiness.
• Drive schedules, dependencies, and risks for safety-critical software components by working with multi-functional teams.
• Provide hands-on program management during analysis, build, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases.
• Your ability to use historical trends and generate important metrics will help NVIDIA succeed.
• Staying tuned to rapid changes in product development plans is also key.
• Identify program risks related to execution, dependency management, schedules, and resources and work with the teams to put the right mitigation plans into action.
• Drive closure of multi-functional issues across software, hardware, safety, validation, QA, release, and customer-facing teams.
• Maintain clear program dashboards, execution metrics, risk registers, and leadership status reporting.
• Suggest and drive processes improvements across the organization.
• What we need to see: Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in technical program management for embedded, automotive software, firmware, or safety-critical product development.
• Experience leading cross-organizational programs, influencing partners, and holding them accountable to goals, timelines, and results.
• Familiarity with functional safety standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO 21434.
• Analytical and problem-solving experience, including defining and collecting important metrics and crafting dashboards to reflect the execution status across projects.
• Hands on experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Jama, Git, CI/CD systems, test dashboards, or traceability platforms.
• Prior experience with using and configuring generative AI / AI tools / AI Agents for Program Management workflows and dashboards.
• Ways to stand out from the crowd: Experience with automotive SoCs, embedded software platforms, safety-critical middleware, firmware, operating systems, microcontrollers, or platform software.
• Experience with safety audits and assessments.
• PMP, Scrum, ASPICE or functional safety certification is a plus.