Senior Developer Advocate Engineer

Details

Physical AI and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are key markets for NVIDIA. Researchers and developers actively embrace full-stack optimizations to accelerate their workloads and research. To help them onboard Accelerated Computing, NVIDIA leads a series of hackathons and bootcamps along with its partners. Hackathons are short—typically week-long—intensive coding sessions where experienced mentors team up with groups of researchers and data scientists to guide them in accelerating or optimizing their projects using accelerated infrastructure and enterprise-grade software, across a variety of programming models, frameworks, and tools.

We are looking for a Senior Developer Advocate Engineer to own technical engagements for a rapidly growing program of Open Hackathons and Bootcamps focused on the use of AI in Physical AI & Robotics. In this position, you will closely collaborate with developers to help adopt the NVIDIA accelerated computing stack (CPU and GPU technologies) for their work, optimize code and AI workflows, and build a growing community. You will build strategic relationships with our partners, mentor at hackathons, and help craft materials to educate attendees and prepare them for hackathons.

Responsibilities

• Stay abreast of the latest developments in robotics, physical AI, digital twins, and develop proof-of-concept solutions for real-world applications.
• Build and refine training materials and mentor team members solving real-world problems using NVIDIA Omniverse, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, Cosmos, and related stacks to create simulations, digital twins, and robotics workflows.
• Collaborate and provide feedback to NVIDIA product teams to help with product adoption, bugs, feature requests, and additional activities through our hackathon program.
• Promote through publishing blogs and papers, facilitating presentations, and using other media that convey the impact of the work accomplished by teams at the hackathons.
• Mentor developers and researchers to integrate NVIDIA technology using Omniverse, Cosmos, synthetic data, and coding-agent-assisted digital twins workflows to define architectures, compute footprints, test plans, and rollout strategies.
• Strategize, identify, and assess potential sites, mentors, and key applications for Open Hackathons and Bootcamps.
• Assess each hackathon's computing and software infrastructure.
• Write comprehensive internal feedback reports and find opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or 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, including synthetic data generation, evaluation, benchmarking, inference optimization, and deployment.
• Fluent in using the NVIDIA accelerated computing stack for HPC and AI workloads.
• Capability to think strategically, while jumping directly into day-to-day event and account management.
• Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic environment and to lead change through multi-functional teamwork.
• Proven ability to understand partners' goals and distill that feedback into an action plan that addresses core needs.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred / Ways to stand out

• Experience in deploying and managing data center-scale applications with Omniverse, Cosmos, or embodied AI toolchains.
• Active open-source contributions in robotics, simulation, physical AI, 3D perception, or autonomy infrastructure.
• Experience in facilitating and instructing at group training events.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD (final base salary determined by location, experience, and pay of employees in similar positions).
• Eligible for equity and company benefits (link to NVIDIA benefits referenced in original posting).

Additional information

• Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 17, 2026.
• This posting is for an existing vacancy.
• NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.