CareerPlan

Senior Solutions Architect, Robotics Foundation Model Training

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$152k2026-08-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Architect and optimize end-to-end training workflows for robotics foundation models (World Models, VLAs, WAMs) and build proof-of-concepts to scale NVIDIA's Robotics Open model platforms.

Role type

Senior Applied Engineer (Robotics Foundation Model Training)

Builds

Robotics foundation models (World Models, VLAs, WAMs) and agentic workflows for NVIDIA's Cosmos and GR00T platforms

Domain

Robotics, Physical AI, Large-scale Multimodal Model Training

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning, distributed computing, large-scale model training, multimodal/foundation model training (VLMs, VLAs), distributed training techniques (data/model/pipeline parallelism), multimodal training frameworks (PyTorch, NeMo, JAX, Hugging Face), high-throughput data pipelines

Preferred skills

NVIDIA AI/robotics platforms (Cosmos, GR00T, Isaac Sim), reinforcement learning in simulation, synthetic data generation, workload profiling (Nsight Systems/Compute), agentic workflows for automated experimentation

Technologies

PyTorch, NVIDIA NeMo, JAX, Hugging Face Transformers, Nsight Systems, Nsight Compute, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, Cosmos, GR00T

Responsibilities

Engage with researchers to architect training workflows for robotics foundation models; Build proof-of-concepts and reference architectures; Scale pre-training, fine-tuning, and RL workloads across multi-GPU systems; Identify and eliminate data pipeline bottlenecks; Collaborate with product teams to shape future Physical AI platforms

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC