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Senior Engineer, Performance

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/24/2026

Compensation

$136,000 - $212,750 per year

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

As a Performance Engineer at NVIDIA, you will join a team focused on advancing technology in AI, accelerated computing, and modern graphics. This role involves performance analysis and contributing to innovations that shape the future of NVIDIA products. You will collaborate with various business units to provide insights that influence key business decisions. If you are passionate about performance analysis and eager to make an impact, this position is ideal for you.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical or business marketing field along with 5+ years of experience.
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Workstation/AI/LLM application benchmarking fundamentals and performance analysis.
  • Deep understanding of 3D application performance testing methods and techniques.
  • Excellent programming and debugging skills in a scripting language, preferably Python.
  • Expert knowledge of hardware and PC components to identify and root-cause performance bottlenecks.
  • Strong verbal and written interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance multiple simultaneous projects successfully.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with Marketing, Architecture, and Engineering across Enterprise business units to provide competitive and internal data analysis.
  • Bring-up, maintain, and debug pre-production, reference, and consumer hardware to help build new NVIDIA products.
  • Run performance, image quality, and power tests of Professional Visualization, AI, and LLM benchmark applications on various GPUs.
  • Develop and maintain Python-based automation scripts and tools to streamline benchmarking procedures.
  • Design new tools and create efficient processes to improve benchmarking analysis and reporting workflows.
  • Analyze and validate results from test runs and craft reports for various groups within the company.

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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