GPU Architecture Engineer - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA +2

NVIDIA is seeking a GPU Architecture Engineer to contribute to advancing GPU architecture simulators, testing infrastructure, and metrics. The role involves modeling future GPU features in C++ and Python, developing test plans, and debugging tests on simulators. This is a new college grad position focused on the foundational aspects of GPU architecture, which are critical for AI development but not directly building AI models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Contribute to advancing GPU Architecture Simulators, GPU testing infrastructure and metrics.
  2. Understand and model in C++ and python, features for future GPU graphics and parallel processing architectures.
  3. Develop test plans and testing infrastructure.
  4. Debug tests on architecture simulators.
  5. Develop tools to validate performance models and verify functional models.

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • Python
  • Computer architecture
  • Parallel programming

Nice to have

  • Machine learning
  • Deep learning
  • Graphics algorithms
  • Signal processing
  • CUDA
  • DX
  • Vulkan