You're a senior engineer with a background in electrical, mechanical, or thermal design, holding at least a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experienc
Work type: onsite
Location: US, CA, Santa Clara
Salary: $136,000 – $258,750/yr
Type: Full-time
You're a senior engineer with a background in electrical, mechanical, or thermal design, holding at least a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, looking to innovate in autonomous vehicles. **What makes it worth a look...** NVIDIA is hiring for this full-time, on-site Lead Design Engineer role in Santa Clara, California, with a compelling base salary range of $136,000 to $258,750 annually. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have proven experience in automotive wire harness design, mechanical designs, and thermal solutions. * Are proficient in CAD tools like SolidWorks and Altium for designing vehicle interconnects and components. * Can conceptualize and prototype innovative solutions for autonomous vehicle setups, including compute and sensor technologies. * Have experience working with OEMs, vendors, and suppliers to source and manage manufacturing materials.
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.
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You will also be eligible for equity and [benefits](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/).
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until April 17, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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