GPU Architect - New College Grad 2026

Job Title

GPU Architect - New College Grad 2026

Role Summary

Join NVIDIA's GPU Architecture Group as a new college graduate to design and validate GPU profiling and performance telemetry features. Work within a cross-disciplinary team of architects, ASIC designers, performance engineers, drivers, and tools developers to deliver hardware modeling, test development, and supporting infrastructure.

This role focuses on hardware-software co-design for GPU performance and telemetry, with opportunity to influence future AI platform features.

Experience Level

Entry-level — new college graduate. Intended for candidates who are recent graduates or graduating by summer 2026.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include

• Build and maintain functional and performance models for GPU hardware features.
• Write and execute test plans to validate designs across configurations.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure that supports the hardware development and validation process.
• Collaborate with architects, ASIC designers, and software engineers across teams.
• Analyze performance data and develop domain expertise in GPU architecture and performance analysis.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications

• 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 cross-functional engineering collaboration.

Preferred / nice-to-have

• Experience with SystemC or other hardware modeling frameworks.
• Research or project experience 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.

Education Requirements

Pursuing or recently completed an M.S. or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Role targets recent graduates or candidates graduating by summer 2026.

About the Company

Company: NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.