NVIDIA · 14 hours ago
Software Engineering Manager, Robotics 3D Perception and Simulation
US, CA, Santa Clara
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$224K/yr - $356K/yr
8+ years expNVIDIA is a leader in the AI revolution, striving to accelerate advancements in robotics. The Engineering Manager will lead the 3D Perception & Simulation team, focusing on developing cutting-edge robotics frameworks and guiding a team of engineers in innovative projects.
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Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of robotics software and applied research engineers focused on 3D perception and simulation
Drive the definition, planning, and execution of projects involving 3D reconstruction, robot learning, and robot simulation tools
Guide the team in advancing spatial intelligence and its integration in VLA developments
Hands-on design, implementation, and deployment of novel algorithms for 3D perception, simulation and real-world environments
Collaborate & support other Isaac teams including Sim/Lab, Platform and SQA to deploy, validate, and extend the capabilities & features on physical robots as well as on at-scale simulations
Ensure effective integration, validation and releases of applied research efforts in collaboration with research teams and on top of NVIDIA’s advanced robotics platforms
Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, supporting deliverables such as prototypes, open source software contributions, patents, and publications
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, hardware, and software teams to translate engineering work into impactful products
Support career development, performance management, and recruitment of top talent
Qualification
Required
PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
8+ overall years of experience working on robotics and deep learning technologies
4+ overall years of experience in technical leadership or team management in robotics, autonomous driving, machine learning, or related domains
Strong hands-on programming skills in Python and/or C++; experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow) and physics simulation tools (Isaac Sim/Lab, MuJoCo)
Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
Advanced knowledge in robot learning, including imitation or reinforcement learning, and robot perception
Experience with robot simulation tools
Preferred
Leadership in projects involving foundation models for robotics, including Vision-Language-Action (VLA) or Vision-Language Models (VLM)
Experience with large-scale model training on GPU clusters
Hands-on experience on robotics simulation, sim-to-real and real-to-sim transfer
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