Summer 2027

Developer and Performance Technology Intern

Posted on 8/19/2026

NVIDIA

NVIDIA

10,001+ employees

Designs GPUs and AI HPC platforms

Compensation Overview

$20 - $71/hr

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

Santa Clara, CA, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's

Category
Hardware Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Bash
Kubernetes
Microsoft Azure
Python
TensorFlow
CUDA
PyTorch
Docker
AWS
Linux/Unix
Google Cloud Platform

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Requirements
  • Must be actively enrolled in a university and pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field for the full 8–12-month internship duration.
  • The anticipated graduation date, including month and year, must be clearly indicated on the resume or CV.
  • Candidates may need course or internship experience in Linux and shell scripting, GPU-accelerated deep learning frameworks, Python, containers, embedded platforms, 3D graphics, GPU programming, benchmarking, image-quality and power testing, scripting, debugging, low-level system configuration, electrical fundamentals, compilers, and clusters, depending on the internship role.
Responsibilities
  • Run performance, image-quality, and power tests for Professional Visualization, artificial intelligence, and large language model benchmark applications on various GPUs.
  • Configure computer systems with appropriate hardware and software to run benchmarks.
  • Build automation scripts and configure benchmarking procedures and configuration files.
  • Assemble computer hardware, develop and run automation scripts on applications, and design tools.
  • Complete post-silicon performance and power benchmarking on NVIDIA and competitive GPU products.
  • Compile and analyze data for internal software, hardware, sales, and marketing groups to inform decisions.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain test systems by configuring hardware, operating systems, drivers, and benchmarking and data-collection software tools.
  • Implement hands-on performance and power tests for GPU platforms and maintain automation tools to improve testing efficiency.
  • Plan and execute GPU performance benchmarking across high-performance computing and deep-learning frameworks and applications.
  • Aggregate, analyze, and generate written and visual reports using testing data for internal teams.
  • Write scripts to improve data gathering through automation and design efficient testing processes for applications and hardware.
  • Assist with developing tools and processes to improve the performance of automated testing.
Desired Qualifications
  • Preferred start dates are February 2027 or May 2027.

NVIDIA designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) and computing platforms used for gaming, data centers, and artificial intelligence. These products work by using parallel processing to handle complex mathematical calculations much faster than standard computer processors, supported by a software ecosystem that allows developers to build and run AI models. Unlike competitors that may focus solely on hardware, NVIDIA integrates its chips with specialized software and cloud services to create a complete environment for high-performance tasks. The company’s goal is to provide the underlying technology necessary to power advanced computing, from realistic video game graphics to autonomous vehicles and large-scale data analysis.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

1993

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What believers are saying

  • NVIDIA’s August 10, 2026 financing platforms target over $500 billion for AI infrastructure.
  • Vera Rubin production shipments start this fall, creating a fresh upgrade cycle by 2027.
  • SB Energy’s Ohio campus guarantees exclusive NVIDIA AI compute, securing power-constrained demand.

What critics are saying

  • U.S. export controls keep NVIDIA shut out of China’s largest advanced-AI chip market.
  • Commerce tightened overseas-subsidiary rules on May 31, 2026, crushing workaround sales channels.
  • AMD MI350 and future MI450 racks directly attack NVIDIA pricing and platform leadership in 2026.

What makes NVIDIA unique

  • NVIDIA shipped Vera Rubin into full production by May 31, 2026, ahead of rivals.
  • Blackwell and Rubin plus CUDA lock developers into NVIDIA’s hardware-software stack.
  • August 10, 2026 partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, and KKR turn compute into finance.

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