Senior Developer Advocate Engineer, Robotics and Physical AI

Nvidia

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Santa Clara, CADCFLMadison, AL
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136 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Developer Advocate Engineer, Robotics and Physical AI

The Senior Developer Advocate Engineer - Robotics and Physical AI joins the team to own technical engagements for a growing program of Open Hackathons and Bootcamps. This role involves collaborating with developers to adopt the NVIDIA accelerated computing stack, optimizing AI workflows, and building a community. You will mentor researchers, develop proof-of-concept solutions for real-world applications, and create training materials. Key responsibilities include assessing computing infrastructure, publishing blogs, and providing product feedback. You must demonstrate expertise in robotics, physical AI, digital twins, and synthetic data generation. Required technologies include NVIDIA Omniverse, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, Cosmos, and GPU/CPU technologies. The work focuses on solving problems in robotics, simulation, and autonomy infrastructure by defining architectures, compute footprints, and rollout strategies for embodied AI toolchains.

What you'll do

  • Develop proof-of-concept solutions for real-world applications in robotics, physical AI, and digital twins.
  • Build and refine training materials for NVIDIA Omniverse, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, and Cosmos stacks.
  • Mentor developers and researchers on integrating NVIDIA technologies to define architectures and compute footprints.
  • Provide feedback to product teams regarding bugs, feature requests, and product adoption.
  • Promote hackathon achievements by publishing blogs, papers, and facilitating presentations.
  • Identify and assess potential sites, mentors, and key applications for Open Hackathons and Bootcamps.
  • Assess the computing and software infrastructure for each hackathon.
  • Write comprehensive internal feedback reports to identify opportunities for program improvement.

What we're looking for

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant field (or equivalent experience).
  • 12+ years of relevant enterprise experience in developing robotics, physical AI, digital twins, simulation, or auto/AV solutions at scale.
  • Fluency in using the NVIDIA accelerated computing stack for HPC and AI workloads.
  • Proven ability to understand partner goals and distill feedback into action plans addressing core needs.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Experience in deploying and managing data center-scale applications with Omniverse, Cosmos, or embodied AI toolchains (preferred).
  • Active OSS contributions in robotics, simulation, physical AI, 3D perception, or autonomy infrastructure (preferred).
  • Experience in facilitating and instructing at group training events (preferred).

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