NVIDIA-Certified Professional - OpenUSD Development (NCP-OUSD)¶
Exam Overview¶
Validates building, maintaining and optimising 3D content pipelines with OpenUSD. NVIDIA's code for this exam is NCP-OUSD; this guide called it "NCP-USD" until 2026-10-22.
Exam code: NCP-OUSD
Duration: 120 minutes
Questions: 60-70
Cost: $200 USD
Level: Professional
Validity: 2 years from issuance
Delivery: Online, remotely proctored, English; needs a Certiverse account
Prerequisites: 2-3 years with the OpenUSD framework and Python or C++, or completion of the study guide materials (recommended)
Passing score: Not published
Exam Blueprint¶
| Topic | Weight | Where in this guide |
|---|---|---|
| Composition | 23% | 02 Scene composition |
| Content Aggregation | 10% | 02 Scene composition |
| Customizing USD | 6% | 01 USD fundamentals (schemas) |
| Data Exchange | 15% | 05 Collaboration |
| Data Modeling | 13% | 01 USD fundamentals |
| Debugging and Troubleshooting | 11% | Not covered in the notes yet |
| Pipeline Development | 14% | 05 Collaboration, 03 Omniverse |
| Visualization | 8% | 04 Rendering |
Blueprint updated 2026-10-22 from NVIDIA's exam page (checked 2026-10-22). The notes below were written in May 2026 against an earlier domain list that NVIDIA no longer publishes, so they do not yet map one-to-one onto these topics; topics marked "not covered" need outside study.
Quick Links¶
- 📖 Official exam page - blueprint, price, registration
- NVIDIA Certification Program - Registration
- OpenUSD Documentation - Official USD reference
- NVIDIA Omniverse - Platform documentation
- USD Python API - Programming reference
- NVIDIA Developer - USD - NVIDIA USD resources
Career Benefits¶
Job Opportunities¶
- Technical Director (3D/VFX)
- Pipeline Engineer
- Omniverse Developer
- Digital Twin Engineer
- 3D Visualization Specialist