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Senior Developer Technology Engineer - Simulation Performance

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/10/2026

Compensation

$224,000 - $431,250 per year

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

This role is for a hands-on engineer focused on enhancing physics and robotics simulation workloads on NVIDIA platforms. The engineer will work at the intersection of algorithms, mathematics, GPU architecture, and production software. The position requires a strong technical background and a history of improving complex systems. The engineer will collaborate with partners and internal teams to optimize performance and develop robust solutions.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of relevant experience
  • A degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Science, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
  • Publicly inspectable stewardship of a consequential open-source engine, library, standard, benchmark, or software framework.
  • A record of delivering large, reproducible performance improvements in production numerical, simulation, graphics, CAE, robotics, or scientific-computing systems.
  • Expert modern C++ and GPU parallel-programming ability, backed by strong foundations in mathematics, physics, numerical methods, geometry, or performance modeling.

Responsibilities

  • Help partners and customers establish and execute performance strategies for physics, robotics simulation, and computational-engineering workloads on NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Build rigorous benchmarks and performance models, profile customer applications, and identify limiting factors.
  • Collaborate with partner developers to improve algorithms, data structures, memory layouts, and parallel execution.
  • Apply knowledge of reinforcement learning and robotic kinematics simulation to partner challenges.
  • Write and upstream production C++, CUDA, Python, and domain-specific GPU code into simulation platforms and partner applications.
  • Work across developers, NVIDIA architecture and software teams, and open technical communities to ensure lasting improvements.

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

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

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