Research Scientist, AI for Graphics and Gaming

Nvidia

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$168,000–$264,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $203k
This role $216k
$141k $278k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $158,212–$247,071 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

Nvidia currently has 1814 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 1204 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Nvidia

At a glance

TL;DR · Research Scientist, AI for Graphics and Gaming

Research Scientist, AI for Graphics and Gaming - New College Grad 2026 joins the Applied Deep Learning Research team to build the next generation of AI for graphics and gaming. You will conduct cutting-edge research to develop AI models for neural rendering, real-time image and video generation, world models, AI-driven characters, and LLM-powered game experiences. Responsibilities include designing and running large-scale pre-training and post-training for foundation models, building data pipelines for synthetic and real-world content, and prototyping models in modern game engines. The role requires deep learning experience in image generation, computer vision, and graphics. You must possess proficiency in PyTorch, experience training large models on multi-GPU clusters, and knowledge of GPU architecture, CUDA abstractions, and efficiency techniques like distillation and pruning.

What does a Research Scientist earn in California?

Median $216250 from 34 postings across 9 companies.

See salary data

What you'll do

  • Research and develop AI models to improve real-time graphics quality, performance, and latency.
  • Design and execute large-scale pre-training and post-training for graphics and gaming foundation models.
  • Build and manage data pipelines for synthetic, in-engine, and real-world content.
  • Prototype models for real-time image, video, and 3D content generation in modern game engines.
  • Create demos that showcase player-visible benefits of new AI technologies.
  • Collaborate with product, driver, and hardware teams to ship research into production features.

What we're looking for

  • Pursue a PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, or have equivalent experience.
  • Possess deep learning experience in image/video generation, graphics, computer vision, or related fields.
  • Demonstrate a solid understanding of core deep learning fundamentals.
  • Have hands-on experience training large models on multi-GPU clusters and building robust distributed training pipelines.
  • Maintain strong proficiency in PyTorch.
  • Possess familiarity with GPU architecture, CUDA abstractions, and efficiency techniques like distillation or pruning (preferred).
  • Have a background in graphics, such as rendering pipelines or game engines (preferred).
  • Have experience with generative models, neural rendering, or reconstruction (preferred).

More like this

Similar roles

Research Scientist, Efficient Deep Learning

Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA 149 days ago
Deep Learning Computer Vision Python PyTorch C++ CUDA Large Language Models Vision-Language Models Pruning Quantization NAS Model Parallelization Generative Models Parallel Programming

Research Scientist, Physical AI - Foundation Models

Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA 8 days ago $168,000–$264,500
Generative AI PyTorch Reinforcement Learning Video Generative Models Video-Language Models Physics Simulation 3D Generative Models Distributed Training Data Processing Pipelines Foundation Models Robotics Open-source

Senior AI Researcher, World Foundation Models

Nvidia

Remote (CA) +2 8 days ago $184,000–$287,500
Python PyTorch C++ CUDA Generative Models Deep Learning Distributed Training Multi-GPU Distillation Pruning Neural Rendering Computer Graphics Sim-to-Real Experiment Tracking Profiling
8+ yrs exp Remote