Senior Manager, Robotics Quality Assurance

Senior Manager, Robotics Quality Assurance – Overview

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Robotics Quality Assurance to join our SW QA team, driving all quality and innovation for the NVIDIA Robotics team.

• Define and drive the overall test engineering strategy for our robotics products, establishing an engineering‑focused approach to quality, encompassing design for scalable test frameworks, tools, and methodologies, and lead product testing and engineering efforts across a full‑stack robotics solution.
• Deliver test automation development for “On‑Robot Hardware & Software” and embedded software running on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor platform, encompassing sensor integration validation, real‑time performance, and low‑level control systems.
• Architect and implement rigorous test plans to validate AI foundation models such as Isaac GR00T, focusing on performance, safety, and reliability in real‑world scenarios (testing model outputs, identifying edge cases, and ensuring robustness).
• Build and maintain the test infrastructure within our “Simulation & Digital Twins” environments, Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab, developing automated tests verifying physics engine accuracy and the transferability of learned policies from simulation to the real robot.
• Oversee test automation development for the full “Robotics Software Stack,” including Isaac ROS, and its integration with other robotic components.
• Architect, build, and maintain the test infrastructure for a humanoid reference platform, showcasing NVIDIA technology and developing testing methodologies that bridge the sim‑to‑real gap with a continuous feedback loop 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, ensuring that models trained in simulation perform reliably on real physical hardware.

• B.S. or equivalent experience in Mechanical/Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 12+ overall years of aligned hardware engineering experience with at least 3+ years of demonstrable QA experience involving robotics or hardware engineering.
• 5+ years of leading a team.
• Proficiency with AI tools such as Cursor, Git Hub Copilot, Perplexity, and ChatGPT.
• Experience with ML and training/testing robotics models, fleet management, telemetry, debugging, and managing demonstrations.
• Engagement with cross‑functional teams, including project management, hardware and software developers, and routine sharing of statistical data reports with customers.
• Ability to translate organizational goals into QA deliverables.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills with excellent communication skills.

• Experience incorporating Vision‑Language Models (VLMs) – designing, developing, and deploying robots that can understand and respond to visual and linguistic inputs.
• Teleoperation experience – manipulation and setting up data‑collection labs.
• Fluency in Python scripting.

Base salary range: $216,000 – $345,000. Salary is determined based on location, experience, and comparable positions. Eligible for equity and benefits.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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 any other characteristic protected by law. NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing and its AI infrastructure powers global intelligence, transforming every industry.

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