Senior Manager, Robotics Quality Assurance

Nvidia

Actively hiring
Santa Clara, US Posted 18 days ago $216,000–$345,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Manager of Robotics Quality Assurance at Nvidia’s SW QA team, you will lead the engineering-focused approach to quality for robotics products, driving test automation development and rigorous testing methodologies across hardware and software. Your daily tasks include architecting scalable test frameworks, validating AI foundation models like Isaac GR00T, and building automated tests in environments such as Isaac Sim and Lab. You’ll oversee the full stack of robotics software testing, from sensor integration to real-time performance, ensuring robustness through rigorous validation processes. The role requires expertise in Python scripting, ML model training and testing, fleet management, and telemetry analysis. Additionally, you must engage with cross-functional teams, translating organizational goals into QA deliverables and maintaining a continuous feedback loop between simulation and real-world robotics testing.

Skills

Python Isaac Sim Isaac Lab Isaac ROS NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor AI Foundation models Generative AI Fleet management Telemetry CI/CD Simulation & Digital Twins Robotics Software Stack Vision-Language Models Teleoperation GitHub Copilot CUDA

What you'll do

  • Define and drive the overall test engineering strategy for robotics products.
  • Develop test automation for on-robot hardware and software on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor.
  • Architect rigorous test plans to validate AI foundation models like Isaac GR00T.
  • Build and maintain test infrastructure within Simulation & Digital Twins environments.
  • Oversee test automation development for the full Robotics Software Stack, including Isaac ROS.
  • Lead design of complex test scenarios using generative AI in Isaac Sim/Lab.

What we're looking for

  • Over 12 years of hardware engineering experience with at least 3 years in robotics QA
  • Proficient in AI tools and machine learning for testing robotic models
  • Experience leading a team and managing cross-functional projects
  • Expertise in test automation development for on-robot hardware and software
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate organizational goals into QA deliverables
  • Fluent in Python scripting and experience with fleet management and telemetry

Market check

Salary context

This $216,000–$345,000 range sits above 93% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$149,900–$237,500

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$160,100–$231,706

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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About Nvidia

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

Nvidia currently has 801 open roles on FindRole.

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