Nvidia

Nvidia

Software Engineer, Agent Performance Modeling - New College Grad 2026

US, CA, Santa Clara

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LLMsAgentic AIA/B TestingCommunication

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Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70

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Green-card follow-through: 95%

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About the role

  • Today, NVIDIA is tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing.
  • An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world.
  • Doing what's never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world's best talent.

Responsibilities

  • Building and validating performance models for LLM architectures across GPU, LPU, and heterogeneous systems.
  • Developing agents to automate simulation workflows, analyze bottlenecks, and accelerate design space exploration.
  • Experience building reliable engineering tools using coding agents.
  • Experience building agents that automate complex engineering workflows.

Requirements

  • Experience with simulation, profiling, or performance modeling, including roofline analysis for LLM inference.

Compensation

  • 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.

Company info

  • Ways to stand out from the crowd: Experience building agents that automate complex engineering workflows.
  • Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Equal opportunity

  • NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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