System Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation inSanta Clara is seeking a System Design Engineer for new grads to help develop GPU/Tegra based hardware across cards, MGX servers, and other products. You will collaborate with HW/SW teams to balance cost, performance and schedule, and lead test brings-up and validation. The role requires a fresh B.S.

or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, strong PCB design experience, and comfort with Linux and Windows environments, with opportunities to contribute to documentation and design

Qualifications

• Recent graduate with a B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with PCB design and review.
• Familiarity with lab tools including oscilloscopes, multimeters and logic analyzers.
• Knowledge of Linux environments and Windows OS.

Responsibilities

• Build system hardware products around GPU & Tegra SoC.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance cost, performance and schedule.
• Drive initial test and bringup, lead debugging efforts.
• Create schematics, supervise PCB layout and system validation.
• Document release requirements for manufacturers and partners.
• Optimize/invent circuits for performance and cost.
• Improve the design flow with the infrastructure team.

Skills

PCB design

Lab tools proficiency

Linux

Windows OS

Verbal & written comms

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Job description

## System Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026Apply: US, CA, Santa Clara: Full time: Posted Today: JR2011879NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new challenges that are hard to tackle, that only we can pursue, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work, to amplify human creativity and intelligence. We are now looking for a System Design Engineer in the Graphics Product Team. In this role, you will be working with a team of HW/SW engineers to develop NVIDIA GPU/Tegra based products for GPU cards, MGX servers, automotive, robotics, industrial PC, consumer electronics, etc.**What You'll be Doing:*** Build system hardware products around GPU & Tegra SoC.* Collaborate with cross-function team to pursue the balance of product cost, performance, and schedule under the guidance of system architects and product architects.* Drive initial test and bringup, lead the debug efforts.* Create schematic, supervise PCB layout and system validation.* Handle documentation required to release the product to manufactures and partners.* Optimize/invent circuits, functions for better performance, and lower cost.* Improve the design flow together with the infrastructure team.**What We Need to See:*** Recent graduate with a B.S or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.* Have strong analytical skills including past experience in PCB design and review.* Experience with using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.* Possess a nurtured knowledge of Linux, and be very comfortable working in various Linux environments as well as with Windows OS’s* Strong verbal and written skills.NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working with us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 92,000 USD - 155,250 USD for Level 1, and 108,000 USD - 184,000 USD for Level 2.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.