We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a new team building the foundational infrastructure for Robotics Research. This new team will work very closely with NVIDIA’s Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group. The near term focus is Project GR00T, NVIDIA’s moonshot initiative at building foundation models and full-stack technology for humanoid robots. This particular position will focus on compute infrastructure.
You will work with an amazing and collaborative research team that consistently produces influential works on multimodal foundation models, large-scale robot learning, embodied AI, and physics simulation. Your contributions will have a significant impact on our research projects and product roadmaps.
What you’ll be doing:
Develop mechanisms to launch and manage large compute jobs to support multi-modal foundation models for robotics. These will include data jobs, training jobs, evaluation jobs, and so forth.
Optimize GPU and cluster utilization for efficient model training, fine-tuning, and evaluation on massive datasets.
Develop robust observability tools and procedures for this compute infrastructure to ensure reliability and performance.
Collaborate with researchers to integrate innovative compute technologies into scalable training and eval pipelines.
What we need to see:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
12+ years of full-time industry experience in large-scale MLOps and AI infrastructure
Experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
Deep understanding of Kubernetes, experience with Ray
Experience with data frameworks and standards like SQL, Apache Spark, LanceDB
Experience of GPU acceleration and CUDA programming
Strong programming skills in Python and a high-performance language such as C++ for efficient system development.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
Master’s or PhD’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field
Demonstrated Tech Lead experience, coordinating a team of engineers and driving projects from conception to deployment
Deep background at building and operating large-scale data infrastructure
Strong experience and curiosity in frontier AI research
NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and productive people in the world. Please join us and be part of the forefront of developing general-purpose robots and large-scale foundation models!
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5, and 272,000 USD - 425,500 USD for Level 6.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
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NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”
