Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Robotics Manipulation
Core
Lead the Isaac Manipulation team to build perception, grasping, motion, and learned skills for robotic arms and dexterous systems, enabling real-world industrial automation.
Role type
Senior Manager, Robotics Software Engineering
Builds
Isaac robotics platform capabilities for manipulation (grasping, motion planning, control, learned policies) for industrial partners and developers.
Domain
Robotics, Industrial Automation, Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Robotics arm expertise, Motion planning, Control systems, Machine learning (imitation/RL), GPU-accelerated computing, C++, Python, Team leadership, Product strategy
Preferred skills
Industry leadership in manipulation/automation, Hardware-agnostic platform experience, Learned manipulation (foundation models), Open-source contributions (ROS 2)
Technologies
CUDA, PyTorch, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, Jetson, ROS 2, MoveIt
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a high-performing robotics engineering team; Define and drive the roadmap for manipulation capabilities; Translate industrial contact-rich problems into robust software solutions; Partner with research and foundation model teams to integrate sim-to-real approaches; Engage with robot-arm OEMs and the developer community; Architect software leveraging NVIDIA accelerated compute; Ensure quality and deployment of learned policies on physical robots.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
