Senior Manager, Developer Relations - Semiconductor

At NVIDIA, we’re solving the world’s most challenging problems with our unique approach to accelerated computing. We’re looking for passionate technologists with software and semiconductor manufacturing background and EDA/WFE domain expertise to engage developers in the semiconductor manufacturing community. In this developer enablement role, you will drive NVIDIA platform adoption with ISVs and equipment manufacturers. You'll define and deliver strategic partnerships, lead fruitful technical collaborations, provide first-line technical expertise, and guide NVIDIA's product strategy as a representative of developers in the semiconductor ecosystem.

The Industrial Engineering organization is a strong, growing, and visible group both inside and outside of NVIDIA in this exciting area to drive strategy. We are looking for a self-starting leader to continue to grow this area. Do you thrive on technical engagement? Do you have the rare blend of both technical and relationship skills? Are you passionate about groundbreaking technology? If so, we would love to learn more about you!

What you'll be doing:

• Create fruitful technical engagements across the semiconductor design and manufacturing ecosystem and lead strategic relationships with key opinion leaders, top developers and ISVs, and influential researchers.

• Inform NVIDIA's strategy for semiconductor manufacturers and ISVs by working with diverse teams including Product, Engineering, Marketing, Applied Research, etc.

• Use your technical expertise to discover high impact problems NVIDIA can uniquely solve that create new market paradigms.

• Drive early adoption of new products and support launch and go-to-market activities.

• Activate relationships with higher education and research and speak at relevant scientific, technical and industry conferences.

What We Need To See:

• 12+ overall years of experience with semiconductor designers/manufacturers or hardware tool manufacturers, e.g. , ASML, AMAT, KLA, Lam Research, Samsung, SK Hynix, TSMC, Qualcomm, Intel, etc. with 5+ years people management experience.

• MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.

• A track record of leading/defining and delivering impactful technical engagements, managing technical and business alliances across multiple partner groups, and working with peer teams to achieve objectives.

• World-class communication skills with a demonstrated ability to articulate a value proposition to technical and non-technical audiences.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Deep understanding of advanced semiconductor technology, device and process development, fab operations, user experience with how to use foundry PDK to develop a product.

• Developer experience creating tools and/or solutions for EDA, high-performance computing, applied machine learning, or deep learning.

• Experience with AI physics models and model architecture including developing, defining, training, and deploying open or proprietary models.

• Experience with NVIDIA products and SDKs: CUDA, CUDA-X Libraries, PhysicsNeMo, Omniverse, etc.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are 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 and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous person with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD for Level 4, and 320,000 USD - 488,750 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until April 17, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.