Senior Robotics Developer Relations Lead

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Developer Relations Manager to champion the GR00T end-to-end workflow across robotics partners, from model deployment to real-time robot integration on Jetson Thor. You’ll guide ecosystem collaborators, gather partner feedback, and shape roadmaps with NVIDIA’s Isaac and Jetson teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on robotics expertise, collaboration with research and product teams, and a proven track record of enabling developers and industrial partners to

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or equivalent fields.
• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or related field — or equivalent experience.
• Technical background in at least two of: robot foundation models, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, robot simulation, synthetic data generation, or embedded/edge deployment.
• Hands-on experience with robot learning frameworks and tools (e.g., LeRobot, Isaac Lab, MuJoCo) and deploying models on embedded platforms (Jetson or comparable).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for technical and executive audiences, and the ability to structure and deliver complex engagements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor for partners adopting the GR00T End-to-End Workflow.
• Guide robotic ecosystem partners in architecting end-to-end adoption of the GR00T, with focus on model deployment on the robot.
• Represent partner needs internally, providing feedback to NVIDIA’s Isaac, GEAR research, and Jetson product teams to influence future roadmaps.
• Build and maintain deep expertise in NVIDIA robotics SDKs and platforms: Isaac GR00T, Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, Newton, Isaac Teleop, and the Jetson Thor.
• Accelerate critical partner workloads using NVIDIA’s core models, frameworks, and libraries.
• Track emerging trends in robotics, VLA/WAM models, and robot learning to identify new opportunities and inform evolution of the reference architecture and support product launches and event marketing activities by using ecosystem partner success stories.

Skills

Robotics experience

Model deployment

Communication skills

Robot learning

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Robotics/Engineering

Tools

LeRobot

Isaac Lab

MuJoCo

Jetson

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Developer Relations Manager to champion the GR00T end-to-end workflow across robotics partners, from model deployment to real-time robot integration on Jetson Thor. You’ll guide ecosystem collaborators, gather partner feedback, and shape roadmaps with NVIDIA’s Isaac and Jetson teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on robotics expertise, collaboration with research and product teams, and a proven track record of enabling developers and industrial partners to