NVIDIA New Grad Software Engineer jobs
The hottest brand in tech hires new grads req by req, and the software windows close in days.
The Software Engineer, New College Grad role
Software new grads join a specific team — for example the chip-design infrastructure team building CI/CD, build, regression and release tooling for NVIDIA’s chip designers, or AI and cloud systems software. The one structured program found is the Applied Systems Engineering Rotation: four 3-month rotations (architecture, bring-up, production) over 12 months. Most NCG reqs are hardware, so software seats are scarce and windows are short.
No published cohort size: new college grads are hired req by req (43 live US NCG reqs found, 5 software-titled), and NVIDIA calls internships its primary pipeline for new college grads.
NVIDIA new grad salary
Base: NVIDIA’s posted Santa Clara ranges on the software NCG reqs (posted Oct 9, 2026), $108,000–$178,250 for Level 1 and $124,000–$195,500 for Level 2 — the band here spans both levels; MS-level software reqs post Level 2 $116,000–$189,750 and Level 3 $136,000–$218,500. Total comp: levels.fyi IC1 Software Engineer US 10th–90th percentile, $137.5k–$200k (median $176k; n=35), Oct 2026; IC2 median is $210k.
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