Inception Partner Manager - Robotics And Physical AI Startups

Details

Startups are driving disruptive innovation across the AI-powered sectors of robotics, automotive, agtech, smart cities, and physical AI due to advances in deep learning, generative AI, self-driving capabilities, optics, and more. NVIDIA supports these emerging technologies by partnering with top startups to leverage AI, HPC, and edge computing through the NVIDIA Inception acceleration platform. Inception provides go-to-market support, technical expertise, and technology resources. Robotics is a significant industry within the Inception ecosystem, and startups are categorized across areas such as self-driving, training and simulation, edge inference, and logistics/manufacturing.

You will work closely with innovative edge-AI startups to change, define, and transform the ecosystem. As an Inception Partner Manager for Robotics and Edge startups, you will build, drive, and accelerate adoption of NVIDIA solutions, managing recruitment, early adoption, technical enablement, and go-to-market acceleration for startups in the program.

Responsibilities

• Engage with leading startups focusing on platform adoption, co-selling opportunities, and go-to-market initiatives.
• Scout, identify, and recruit top automotive and manufacturing startups to join NVIDIA Inception.
• Expand the NVIDIA Inception ecosystem by aligning with innovation labs, venture capital firms, and industry software vendors (ISVs).
• Collaborate with developer relations managers and account managers to develop strategies and resources that support startups and execute go-to-market activations with cross-functional teams.
• Report on data-driven key business metrics to show impact on startup ecosystems.
• Generate reports on relevant trends and perform market analysis.

Requirements

• BS/MS or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant work experience (startup accelerators/incubators, executive/management roles at startups, or platform/ecosystem development in automotive or manufacturing).
• Strong knowledge of machine learning, simulation and synthetic data generation, self-driving workflows, and logistics in a business development, management, or alliances capacity.
• Strong understanding of the robotics, automotive, retail, and manufacturing ecosystems with a focus on AI/ML startups.
• Experience with computing and deep learning application development is a plus.
• Can-do attitude, high energy, leadership and excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to learn complex concepts in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred / Ways to Stand Out

• Background in a venture-backed startup or exit and a deep network of connections into AI startups and VCs in robotics and related industries.
• Experience working on AI model training/inferencing and other GPU-related technologies.
• Experience leading strategic partnerships and a versatile startup ecosystem in automotive or manufacturing.
• Background with deep learning and other AI technologies.
• Experience solution-selling advanced technologies in the automotive industry.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary ranges by level:
  • Level 4: 152,000 USD - 247,250 USD
  • Level 5: 184,000 USD - 299,000 USD
• Eligible for equity and company benefits (see NVIDIA benefits page).

Additional Information

• Applications accepted at least until September 19, 2025.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse work environment.