NVIDIA · 17 hours ago
Performance Engineering Intern, Gaming - Winter 2026
St Louis, MO
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$20/hr - $71/hr
Start in 2026 WinterNVIDIA is a worldwide technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, known for its innovation in graphics processing units and AI technologies. The Performance Engineering Intern will be involved in Desktop Gaming Performance testing, working on data analysis, product tuning, and automation tool development to enhance testing efficiency.
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Hiring Manager
Ashley Jetson
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
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
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
Founded in 1993
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.09BKey Investors
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2023-05-09Grant· $5M
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Leadership Team
Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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