Senior Manager, Robotics Quality Assurance

Details

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Robotics Quality Assurance to join our SW QA team supporting the NVIDIA Robotics organization. You will be part of a team that drives quality and innovation for robotics products by creating engineering processes, building cross-functional relationships, and ensuring industry standards are met.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall test engineering strategy for robotics products, establishing an engineering-focused approach to quality (scalable test frameworks, tools, and methodologies).
• Lead product testing and engineering efforts across a full-stack robotics solution, including software, simulation, and hardware integration.
• Deliver test automation development for on-robot hardware & software and embedded software running on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor platform, including sensor integration validation, real-time performance, and low-level control systems.
• Architect and implement rigorous test plans to validate AI foundation models (e.g., Isaac GR00T) focused on performance, safety, and reliability; test model outputs, identify edge cases, and ensure robustness.
• Build and maintain test infrastructure for Simulation & Digital Twins environments (Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab) and develop automated tests verifying physics engine accuracy and transferability of learned policies from simulation to real robots.
• Oversee test automation development for the full Robotics Software Stack, including Isaac ROS and its integration with other robotic components.
• Architect, build, and maintain test infrastructure for a humanoid reference platform and develop methodologies to bridge the sim-to-real gap with continuous feedback between virtual and physical testing.
• Lead the design of complex test scenarios in Isaac Sim/Lab that use generative AI to stress-test robot policies to ensure models trained in simulation (using Isaac GR00T) perform reliably on physical hardware.
• Engage closely with cross-functional teams including project management, hardware and software developers; routinely share statistical data reports with customers.

Requirements

• B.S. or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years overall aligned hardware engineering experience with 3+ years of demonstrable QA experience involving robotics or hardware engineering.
• 5+ years of experience leading a team.
• Proficiency with AI tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Perplexity, and ChatGPT.
• Experience with ML and training/testing robotics models.
• Experience with fleet management, telemetry, debug, and managing demos.
• Ability to translate organizational goals to QA deliverables.
• Strong problem solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Ways to stand out (preferred)

• Experience incorporating Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for robot perception and natural-language-driven behaviors.
• Teleoperation experience — manipulation and setting up data collection labs.
• Fluent scripting in Python.

Benefits & Compensation

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 216,000 USD - 345,000 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits (see NVIDIA benefits page).

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 7, 2025.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.