NVIDIA · 7 hours ago
Senior Technical Program Manager – Robotics
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
10+ years expNVIDIA is a leader in accelerating Physical AI by unifying robotics, simulation, generative AI, and data-driven training pipelines. They are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead operational support for the Robotics Developer Relations team, driving innovation and collaboration across product, engineering, and research teams.
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Hiring Manager
Ken Leith
Responsibilities
Manage multi-track robotics programs with high-priority partners—defining outcomes, coordinating dependencies, and driving progress across developer relations, engineering, product, and research teams
Translate data workflows into structured plans of record (POR) with clear owners and milestones that accelerate the robotics ecosystem’s adoption of NVIDIA’s technology
Facilitate collaboration across different teams by leading weekly ecosystem meetings
Identify risks early, including product gaps, data issues, compute constraints, and resourcing needs
Coordinate mitigation plans with engineering and other relevant partners
Ensure ongoing, two-way communication that benefits developer relations, product, and research
Maintain documentation repositories for repeatable, scalable, and consistent communication as well as transparent reporting that demonstrates partner engagement with NVIDIA technology and progress toward team targets
Provide quality updates to collaborators and executive audiences
Ensure reports accurately reflect partner and ecosystem needs by sharing structured feedback with product, engineering, and research teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering, robotics, computer science, or related field or equivalent experience; master's degree is preferred
10+ years of program management or engineering experience in robotics, AI/ML, data platforms, or embedded systems
Operational leadership that drives process for productivity and team success
Familiarity with robotics simulation platforms (Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, Gazebo, etc.)
Experience in robot learning, foundational models, synthetic data workflows, or perception systems
Proven ability to manage multi-partner, multi-threaded technical programs
Strong cross-functional communication skills across engineering, research, startups, and executive leadership
Ability to turn complex technical engagements into clear, trackable, repeatable execution frameworks
Preferred
Experience supporting robotics research, robot learning, foundation models, or robotics advancements based on computer simulations
Practical experience working directly with NVIDIA robotics and AI tools (Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, OpenUSD, Cosmos, Jetson, CUDA-X)
Demonstrated success growing developer ecosystems through technical enablement and partner acceleration
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NVIDIA
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