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NVIDIA · 3 weeks ago

Performance Engineering Intern, Gaming - Winter 2026

NVIDIA is a worldwide technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, known for its innovations in graphics processing units and visual computing. The Performance Engineering Intern will be responsible for analyzing data, developing automation tools, and testing gaming applications to enhance GPU performance.

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Responsibilities

Analyze the data to draft reports and charts to visualize the results
Work with product development engineers to tune our products for maximum performance and help define the next generation GPUs
Study and analyze the performance on various computing platforms including graphics, CPU, memory, storage, networking, etc
Develop, implement and maintain automation tools to improve testing efficiency
Test standard and custom Gaming applications on a wide variety of systems including desktop, ProVis, and virtualized platforms

Qualification

PythonAI developmentPC gaming knowledgeAutomation experienceOperating systems knowledgePC building knowledge

Required

Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar area
Strong knowledge and interest in PC games
Experience using Python and other programming languages
Knowledge or experience in AI development

Preferred

Automation experience
Interest in AI gaming
Working knowledge of operating systems and PC building

Benefits

Intern benefits

Company

NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.

H1B Sponsorship

NVIDIA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1877)
2024 (1355)
2023 (976)
2022 (835)
2021 (601)
2020 (529)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.09B
Key Investors
ARPA-EARK Investment ManagementSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-05-09Grant· $5M
2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
2021-02-18Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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