Developer Relations Manager Robotics

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Robotics Developer Relations Manager to collaborate with Inception startups and partner engineering teams. You will accelerate robotics application development and commercialization of NVIDIA’s Physical AI software.

You’ll leverage Isaac Sim/Isaac Lab and related SDKs to design, validate, and demonstrate AI-enabled robotic solutions, while delivering technical workshops and reference architectures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technology industry with hands-on software development
• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or related field
• Experience across full software development lifecycle
• Background in robot foundational models, simulation, synthetic data, or robot learning
• Expertise with robotics simulation tools (Gazebo, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim) and NVIDIA Jetson/Jetpack

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical advisor, collaborating with partner engineering teams on architecture and integration for Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, and AI-enabled robotics solutions.
• Build and maintain deep expertise in NVIDIA robotics SDKs with focus on simulation and robot learning.
• Track trends in robotics to identify new opportunities and co-design advanced robotic solutions with partners.
• Create enablement resources: sample code, reference architectures, integration guides, workshops.
• Support startups with synthetic data strategies and assist with product launches and GTM activities.

Skills

Software development

Technical communication

System architecture

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/ Engineering

Tools

Gazebo

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

Robot Studio

Job description

At NVIDIA, we're pushing the boundaries of AI, robotics, and accelerated computing to transform industries and improve lives. We're looking for a Robotics Developer Relations Manager with deep domain experience to partner with start-ups at the forefront of AI and robotics. In this role, you'll use your knowledge of simulation technologies and robot learning to build strong technical relationships with our Inception start-up community, helping them accelerate their robotics application development.

The perfect candidate will work closely with our Inception Partner Business Manager to evaluate robotic start-up technologies for commercialization and support the adoption of NVIDIA's Physical AI software. This individual will apply their deep technical expertise in AI, robotics, and simulation to leverage NVIDIA’s robotics platforms - such as Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab, to accelerate their path to market. If you're a self-starter who thrives in dynamic environments and delivers results, we'd love to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as a technical advisor, collaborating with partner engineering teams on architecture, integration, and code for Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, and AI-enabled robotics solutions.
• Build and maintain deep expertise in NVIDIA robotics SDKs, with a focus on simulation and robot learning.
• Track emerging trends in the robotics ecosystem to identify new opportunities.
• Co-design and deliver advanced robotic solutions with partners-defining objectives, architecture, milestones, and implementation plans.
• Create technical enablement resources, including sample code, reference architectures, integration guides, and workshops.
• Work closely with partner engineering leaders and decision-makers to identify challenges, recommend solutions, and drive adoption of NVIDIA robotic technology.
• Represent partner needs internally, providing feedback to NVIDIA's product and engineering teams to influence future roadmaps.
• Support robotics startups with their synthetic data generation strategy.
• Support product launches and go-to-market activities with technical validation, demos, and customer-facing materials.

What we need to see:

• 5+ years in the technology industry, with at least 5 years in hands-on software development or engineering.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field—or equivalent experience.
• Whole software development lifecycle experience-from requirements and design to testing, integration, and support.
• Technical background in at least one of: robot foundation models, simulation, synthetic data, robot perception, reinforcement learning, or imitation learning.
• Expertise with robotics simulation tools (e.g., Gazebo, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, Robot Studio).
• Fluency with NVIDIA Jetson compute platforms and the Jetpack SDK
• Experience leading technical workshops, code reviews, and architectural design sessions.
• Strong communication skills for technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to structure and deliver complex technical engagements.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with NVIDIA tools and libraries (CUDA-X, Isaac Sim, OpenUSD, Cosmos).
• Recent hands-on experience with robot simulation tools.
• Knowledge of AIOps, cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, Docker, and monitoring tools.
• Experience in training computer vision and/or kinematic foundation models
• Proven success in growing developer ecosystems through technical enablement.

With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us, and, due to outstanding growth, our special engineering teams are growing fast. If you're a creative and autonomous professional with a genuine passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 26, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.