NVIDIA-Certified Professional: OpenUSD Development (NCP-OUSD)

About This Certification

The NCP-OpenUSD Development certification is an intermediate-level credential that validates a candidate’s ability to build, maintain, and optimize 3D content creation pipelines using OpenUSD. The exam is online and proctored remotely, includes 60–70 questions, and has a 120-minute time limit.

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Certification Exam Details

Duration: 120 minutes  

Price: $200

Certification level: Professional  

Subject: OpenUSD Development 

Number of questions: 60–70 

Prerequisites: Two to three years of experience working with the OpenUSD framework and Python or C++ programming or completion of the study guide materials. The candidate should be able to create 3D content, solve technical problems, and use version control systems in collaborative environments. They should understand rendering systems and be able to optimize performance.

Language: English 

Validity: This certification is valid for two years from issuance. Recertification may be achieved by retaking the exam.

Credentials: Upon passing the exam, participants will receive a digital badge and optional certificate indicating the certification level and topic.

Topics Covered in the Exam

Topics covered in the exam include:

  • Composition
  • Content Aggregation
  • Customizing USD
  • Data Exchange
  • Data Modeling
  • Debugging and Troubleshooting
  • Pipeline Development 
  • Visualization

Candidate Audiences

  • OpenUSD Developer
  • Systems Integrator
  • Pipeline Engineer
  • Data Engineer
  • Data Architect

Exam Study Guide

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