Principal Process Architect, Automotive Software

NVIDIA is harnessing the power of AI and high-performance computing to build the future of mobility. DriveOS is the software platform behind autonomous vehicles and other intelligent machines, combining system software, virtualization, and accelerated computing capabilities for demanding, safety-critical applications. We are seeking a Senior Process Architect to make the system of work behind that platform coherent, practical, and scalable. This role combines automotive process engineering with first-principles judgment: enabling teams to deliver evidence that is fit for product risk, not process for its own sake. You will help a globally distributed organization turn quality, safety, cybersecurity, and AI/ML safety expectations into a coordinated, executable development model. What You’ll Be Doing: Lead the canonical DriveOS process architecture, terminology, roles and interfaces across engineering, program management, quality, functional safety, and cybersecurity. Develop and govern a risk-based tailoring framework that defines variant applicability, decision rights, acceptance criteria, and traceable approvals before execution begins. Establish process maturity, release-readiness, and quality-gate criteria that surface risk early and support predictable, first-pass acceptance. Translate internal lifecycle expectations and applicable industry standards into clear, verifiable workflows, templates, guidance, and mentorship for development teams. Partner with domain leads, program managers, assessors, and tool owners to align plans, evidence, dependencies, and handoffs across product variants. Convert recurring defects, assessment observations, and release takeaways into durable improvements to the common process, measurements, and training. Drive process automation and AI-assisted workflows where they demonstrably reduce risk, rework, or cycle time while preserving governance, traceability, and engineering judgment. Serve as an independent technical authority for pr