Technical Lead - Fellow Hardware Engineer, NPU
About the role
We areCARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year.We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it. We areCARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it. Role Summary: The Fellow and Technical Lead, NPU serves as CARIAD’s senior technical authority for automotive neural processing unit (NPU) architecture, microarchitecture and integration into the system-on-chip (SoC). The role provides advanced architectural leadership, influences critical technical decisions across the NPU and broader SoC development environment, and translates AI workloads and product requirements into NPU designs. The Fellow is responsible for leading technical execution through validation and production readiness, applying deep SoC architecture experience to ensure the NPU operates effectively within the complete SoC. As technical team lead, the Fellow provides architectural direction and technical leadership across the NPU engineering disciplines, including architecture, machine learning, compiler and toolchain, hardware design, RTL, design verification, FPGA, embedded software and technical program coordination. The role is accountable for delivering an NPU product that meets agreed functionality, performance, power, quality and schedule targets, including successful SoC integration. The Fellow exercises significant technical influence across participating engineering teams and development partners while operating within established product, program, and organizational decision-making structures. Role Responsibilities: Technical Lead Responsibilities