NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Hardware ASIC Design

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Intern benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA offers a 12-week full-time internship for students pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering.

You will work on projects with measurable impact across RTL design, HDL, VLSI, computer architecture, and system software tools. This paid internship provides hands-on experience on industry-leading hardware teams, with collaboration across hardware and software disciplines and exposure to performance optimization and verification

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in university for full internship duration with clearly indicated graduation date on resume/CV.
• Course/internship experience in RTL design, HDL, VLSI, or related fields may be required.
• Programming skills in SystemVerilog/Verilog, C, C++, Python; familiarity with Linux environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to 12-week internship projects with measurable business impact.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams on design, verification, and performance optimization.
• Develop testbenches, perform timing analysis, and contribute to P&R and timing closure tasks.

Skills

RTL Design

HDL

Digital Systems

VLSI Design

Computer Architecture

Object-Oriented Programming

C/C++

Python

Linux

SystemVerilog/Verilog

UVM

Education

Pursuing B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Testbench Tools

Verilog/VHDL Tools

Job description

NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve. Our work in AI and digital twins is transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society — from gaming to robotics, self-driving cars to life-saving healthcare, climate change to virtual worlds where we can all connect and create. Our internships offer an excellent opportunity to expand your career and get hands on experience with one of our industry leading Hardware teams. We’re seeking strategic, ambitious, hard-working, and creative individuals who are passionate about helping us tackle challenges no one else can solve.

Throughout the 12-week full-time internship, students will work on projects that have a measurable impact on our business.

We’re looking for students pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree within a relevant or related field.

What we need to see:

• Must be actively enrolled in a university pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, for the full duration of the internship; anticipated graduation date (month and year) must be clearly indicated on a resume or CV to be considered.
• Course or internship experience related to the following areas could be required:
• RTL Design and HDL, Digital Systems, Digital Design, VLSI Design, RTL Design, Chip Blueprint, Timing and Static Timing Analysis (STA), Synthesis, Power and Performance Optimization, Testbench Creation, Gate-Level Netlist
• Computer Architecture, Computer Arithmetic, Object-Oriented Programming, Functional Coverage, CMOS Transistors, Circuits, System-on-Chip (SoC), SRAM Design
• Architectural Tradeoff Analysis, Power and Noise Analysis, Silicon Instrumentation and Measurement
• CAD and Physical Design Methodologies (Flow and Tools Development), Chop Floorplan, Power/Clock Distribution, Packaging, P&R and Timing Closure
• Performance, Verification, and Emulation Methodology
• Depending on the internship role, prior experience or knowledge requirements could include the following programming skills and technologies:
• SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, UVM, Perl, TCL, C, C++, Python, Linux, Testbench Tools

Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay based on the position, your location, year in school, degree, and experience. The hourly rate for our interns is 20 USD - 71 USD.

You will also be eligible for Intern benefits.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.