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Senior GPU Propagation Engine Engineer

NVIDIA

Location

remote, Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/10/2026

Compensation

$184,000 - $356,500 per year

PhD with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
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Job description

The role is for a senior engineer on NVIDIA's Aerial Omniverse Digital Twin team, focusing on designing and implementing a real-time, GPU-accelerated propagation engine for predicting radio signal behavior in 3D environments. This position is critical for developing foundational technology for 5G and 6G network simulation. The engineer will work with advanced GPU and ray-tracing platforms to produce channel characterizations and radio maps. The role involves addressing technical challenges related to real-time ray tracing and multi-GPU scaling.

Requirements

  • PhD in computer graphics, high-performance computing, computational electromagnetics, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience.
  • Hands-on proficiency with CUDA and at least one GPU ray-tracing framework such as OptiX, Vulkan RT, or Embree.
  • Proficiency in GPU-friendly spatial data structures and understanding of memory hierarchy and compute-vs-bandwidth trade-offs.
  • Working knowledge of electromagnetic wave propagation phenomena sufficient to implement and validate a propagation engine.
  • Impactful publications in GPU ray tracing, real-time rendering, or deterministic propagation modelling.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement a GPU ray-tracing engine that operates at both planning and real-time scales.
  • Produce volumetric radio maps for network operators to design and optimize deployments.
  • Deliver per-link multipath channel updates at a millisecond cadence for production RAN stacks.
  • Develop algorithms, data structures, and multi-GPU scaling strategies for sub-millisecond propagation updates.

Benefits

  • Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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