Software Engineering Intern - 2027

NVIDIA is hiring a Software Engineering Intern - 2027 in Shanghai, China. Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

Level's read on this job

Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
Level classes it as an internship.
NVIDIA has 2,700+ other open roles on Level.
Posted in the last few days.

AI in this role

We are now looking for a software engineer intern. The NVIDIA Developer Tools team is seeking a software engineer intern to join our effort to advance the state of graphics and compute performance analysis and tuning. You will help developers of groundbreaking products in Automotive, VR, Gaming, Deep Learning and High Performance Computing to analyze and improve the performance of their products. You will have the opportunity to learn the pipeline and driver stack of the world's most sophisticated GPUs, work with a group of talented engineers from all over the world, and apply your software development skills to improve our products.

What you’ll be doing:

Develop algorithms to exercise various parts of the GPU pipeline to verify our performance metrics.
Deeply dive into NVIDIA GPU architecture and software stack and develop new features for NVIDIA GPU performance profiling tools.
Write unit and integration tests to verify the functionality, performance, stability, resource usage of our products.

What we need to see:

Pursuing a Master's degree major in CS/SE.
Proficiency in C/C++, object oriented programming.
Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

OpenGL, GLES, Direct3D, Vulkan, CUDA, OpenCL, console graphics APIs.
Experience of driver development.
Background with software development for embedded systems.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most talented people in the world working for us. If you are creative and self driven, we want to hear from you! The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people with experience in a myriad of areas to help us accelerate the next wave of computing.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

How we rate this

Software Engineering Intern - 2027 at NVIDIA rates 47 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Software Engineering Intern - 2027 is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The role is based in China, Shanghai.
The job was posted on October 21, 2026.
Seniority: intern.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

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