Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research - Physics

Nvidia

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Remote
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$152,000–$241,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
173 days ago
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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research - Physics

The Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research - Physics will serve as a technical advisor to research labs to accelerate the adoption of AI and computing platforms. You will integrate frameworks, libraries, and core software into research projects while mapping the research ecosystem to identify growth opportunities. Key responsibilities include staying current on research papers, collaborating with Solution Architects to drive researcher enablement, and translating academic feedback into actionable product insights. You must possess a PhD or equivalent experience in fields like Computer Science, Physics, or Machine Learning. Required skills include expertise in neural operators, surrogate models, and physics-informed ML. You will work with HPC simulations, numerical solvers, and GPU-accelerated pipelines to solve problems in areas like astrophysics, plasma fusion, and materials science.

What you'll do

  • Act as a technical advisor to research labs to integrate NVIDIA frameworks and software into research projects.
  • Map and assess the research ecosystem to identify growth opportunities and inform long-term technology strategies.
  • Monitor research papers to anticipate emerging trends and provide technical direction for future collaborations.
  • Partner with internal teams to drive researcher enablement and foster closer ties with lab personnel.
  • Attend scientific conferences to facilitate NVIDIA's participation alongside subject matter experts.
  • Translate academic feedback into actionable insights to shape product development, education programs, and platform roadmaps.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Computational Science, Physics, or a related technical field; or equivalent experience demonstrating comparable research depth.
  • 3+ years of experience.
  • Deep expertise applying AI to computational physics, particle physics, astrophysics, plasma/fusion, quantum systems, materials science, climate/earth systems, or scientific simulation.
  • Strong fluency in AI methods including neural operators, surrogate models, physics-informed ML, differentiable simulation, simulation-based inference, generative modeling, and uncertainty quantification.
  • Understanding of physics research workflows, including HPC simulations, numerical solvers, experimental/sensor data, large-scale instruments, inverse problems, and GPU-accelerated scientific pipelines.
  • Research credibility through publications, open-source scientific software, academic or national lab collaborations, technical leadership, or hands-on work in AI for physics or computational science.
  • Experience with NVIDIA technologies and platforms such as CUDA, CUDA-X libraries, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NIM, NeMo/Nemotron, PhysicsNeMo, cuQuantum, Omniverse, Isaac, RAPIDS, TensorRT, Triton Inference Server, or DGX/accelerated computing systems (preferred).
  • Established relationships with leading academic labs, research institutes, national labs, or major open source research communities (preferred).

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