GPU Architect - New College Grad 2026
About the role
NVIDIA's GPU Architecture Group seeks new college graduates to join the team that designs and validates GPU profiling and performance telemetry features. You'll contribute to hardware modeling, test development, and infrastructure — with increasing opportunities to influence the design of the world's leading AI platform.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain functional and performance models for GPU hardware features
- Write and execute test plans to validate designs across configurations
- Contribute to infrastructure that supports the hardware development process
- Collaborate with architects, ASIC designers, and software engineers across teams
- Develop deep knowledge of GPU architecture and the performance analysis domain
Requirements
Pursuing or recently completed a M.S. or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience (recent graduate or graduating by summer 2026)
Foundation in computer architecture and AI workload acceleration
Programming skills in C++ and Python
Coursework or project experience in performance modeling, hardware simulation, or verification
Strong communication skills for working across multi-functional teams
Qualifications
Experience with SystemC or other hardware modeling frameworks
Research in GPU architecture or AI acceleration
Hands-on experience with CUDA or other accelerated computing programming models
Contributions to hardware or architecture projects (academic or open source)
Familiarity with profiling tools or performance analysis
Skills
Experience with SystemC or other hardware modeling frameworks
Research in GPU architecture or AI acceleration
Hands-on experience with CUDA or other accelerated computing programming models
Contributions to hardware or architecture projects (academic or open source)
Familiarity with profiling tools or performance analysis
Benefits
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
The base salary range is 124,000 USD - 195,500 USD for Level 2, and 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Pay
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
The base salary range is 124,000 USD - 195,500 USD for Level 2, and 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3.
Schedule
Not specified