Senior Developer Relations Manager – GR00T End-to-End Workflow

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

11d•$184,000 - $356,500

About The Position

At NVIDIA, the Senior Developer Relations Manager will own developer and partner adoption of the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T end-to-end workflow, a full-stack platform spanning data capture and teleoperation, synthetic trajectory generation, foundation-model post-training, simulation-based evaluation, and real-time deployment on NVIDIA Jetson Thor, as embodied in the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot. The role advises humanoid and general-purpose robot makers, ISVs, research labs, and reference-robot adopters on the workflow, helping them use the platform as a whole or integrate selected capabilities into existing pipelines. The role serves as a trusted technical advisor to partners and guides end-to-end adoption, with a focus on deploying models on robots. It also represents partner needs internally to help influence NVIDIA product and research roadmaps, accelerates partner workloads using NVIDIA models, frameworks, and libraries, and builds expertise across NVIDIA’s robotics SDKs and platforms. The manager tracks developments in robotics and robot learning, informs reference-architecture evolution, and supports product launches and event marketing through ecosystem partner success stories. This is an existing vacancy. Applications will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026. The position offers a base salary of $184,000–$287,500 for Level 4 or $224,000–$356,500 for Level 5, with eligibility for equity and benefits.

Requirements

At least 8 years of overall professional experience in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or equivalent fields.
A master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
Technical background in at least two of the following: 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 such as LeRobot, Isaac Lab, or MuJoCo.
Experience deploying models on embedded platforms such as Jetson or comparable platforms.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills for technical and executive audiences.
Ability to structure and deliver complex, multi-quarter technical engagements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with real-world robotics deployment and direct experience post-training or deploying GR00T models.
Hands-on experience with humanoid or dexterous-manipulation platforms, such as bimanual manipulation, five-fingered hands, or teleoperation rigs.
Experience with NVIDIA tools and libraries, including CUDA-X, Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, OpenUSD, Cosmos, or TensorRT.
An established network within the robotics or industrial automation sectors.
Proven success growing developer ecosystems through technical enablement, open-source contribution, or reference-design programs.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted technical advisor for partners adopting the GR00T End-to-End Workflow.
Guide robotics ecosystem partners in architecting end-to-end GR00T adoption, with a focus on model deployment on the robot.
Represent partner needs internally and provide 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, including Isaac GR00T, Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, Newton, Isaac Teleop, and 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 opportunities and inform the evolution of the reference architecture.
Support product launches and event marketing activities using ecosystem partner success stories.