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Senior Graphics Driver Engineer

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/17/2026

Compensation

$152,000 - $241,500 per year

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

NVIDIA is looking for an engineer to develop and optimize graphics software for professional applications. The role involves analyzing application workloads, debugging performance issues, and collaborating with various teams to implement improvements. You will work with advanced graphics technologies and contribute to industry-standard benchmarks. This position offers the chance to tackle complex technical challenges while enhancing workstation performance.

Requirements

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
  • Strong C/C++ programming skills.
  • 5+ years of experience with software performance analysis, profiling, optimization, or debugging.
  • Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and how applications interact with graphics APIs and GPU hardware.
  • Familiarity with source-control systems such as Perforce or Git.
  • Experience with software development methodologies such as design reviews and code reviews.
  • Ability to develop and debug software in a Windows OS environment.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools and enthusiasm for learning new technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, debug, and validate graphics software and optimizations that improve professional application performance on NVIDIA GPUs.
  • Analyze professional workstation applications and identify opportunities to improve performance and user experience.
  • Design experiments and develop analysis techniques to isolate complex application-performance bottlenecks.
  • Profile application and graphics API workloads using traces, performance counters, and other analysis techniques.
  • Create tools, scripts, and automated workflows, including AI-assisted techniques, for performance analysis, regression detection, and validation.
  • Collaborate with application developers and NVIDIA driver, architecture, and hardware teams to evaluate and deliver performance improvements.
  • Develop representative workstation benchmarks that capture meaningful real-world application behavior.

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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