Senior Solutions Architect, Industrial Robotics

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Solutions Architect, Industrial Robotics in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $184k-$288k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this solutions architect role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
Pay on this posting starts 9% higher than the typical solutions architect posting on Level.
The posting mentions PyTorch, TensorFlow and AI research among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect, Industrial Robotics to engage with customers, partners, and other NVIDIA software engineers to support applications and platforms that leverage NVIDIA technology that will be adopted across all industry segments. At NVIDIA, our Solutions Architects are drawn from elite developers and scientists who enjoy working with the latest in GPU and Networking hardware and software! NVIDIA’s platforms for machine learning, deep learning and high-performance computing have already made a major impact and are broadly used across leading North America companies. Our success has been based on vertical focus industry business development, building a strong developer ecosystem, and scaling out the business using a broad partner channel including HW OEMs, Cloud Service Providers, Global System Integrators, and VARs.

A Solutions Architect is the bridge of technical expertise between our industry teams, our partners and our customers. Dynamically engaging with internal developers, scientific researchers, data scientists, IT managers, and senior leaders is an important part of the Solutions Architect role, and will give you experience with a range of partners and concerns.

What you'll be doing:

Partner with our industry and account teams to develop a keen understanding of customer goals, strategies, and technical needs as well as help to define and deliver high-value solutions meeting these needs.
Document what you know and teach others. This can vary from building targeted samples, to writing whitepapers, blogs, and wiki articles, to simply working through hard problems with a customer on a whiteboard.
Be an industry leader with vision on integrating NVIDIA technology into Manufacturing use cases with AI, HPC, and enterprise GPU and networking architectures for advanced applications both in the datacenter and at the edge.
Strategically partner with lighthouse customers and industry-specific solution partners targeting our computing platform.

What we need to see:

BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
8+ years of work-related experience in robotics, humanoids and AI domains - e.g. VLA, VLM, Transformers, Synthetic Data Generation software development with knowledge of parallel computing with GPUs.
Background working with modern application deployment practices, including but not limited to Docker/Containers and Kubernetes.
Experience with modern Deep Learning software architecture and frameworks.
Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with management and engineering.
Experience supporting customers/partners in technical engagements.
Strong time-management and organization skills for coordinating multiple initiatives, priorities and implementations of new technology and products into very complex projects.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience applying AI to robotics and humanoid use cases, such as VLA, VLM training, simulation, and digital twins. Experience with frameworks like Tensorflow, Pytorch, TRT, and models like Vision Transformer.
Background with NVIDIA simulation tooling like: Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab
Experience using GPU programming, design practices and profiling tools like Nsight systems
AI knowledge and expertise: Deep Neural Network research and development experience with specialized domains
Published record of thought leadership in a technical area of simulation, robotics, data generation, AI OR Machine Learning research and development experience with industry data.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative, results-oriented and enjoy learning while having fun, then what are you waiting for? Apply today!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4; and 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) 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.

How we rate this

Senior Solutions Architect, Industrial Robotics at NVIDIA rates 86 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Solutions Architect, Industrial Robotics is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $184k-$288k a year.
The role is based in US, CA, Santa Clara.
The job was posted on August 10, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI ResearchPyTorchTensorFlow

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Pay

This job starts at: $184k
Typical solutions architect job: $169k

This posting starts 9% above the typical solutions architect job. See solutions architect jobs

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How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?
Tell me about a time a model underperformed in production. How did you find out, and what did you change?

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