FY27 Intern - MSIP Digital Design Verification Engineering Internship - Canada (16 months) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Digital Design & SoC Architecture
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer — open 2 days.
About the role
This internship focuses on digital design verification, contributing to the quality and reliability of semiconductor designs.
What you'll do
- Review design specifications, build verification plans, and develop test cases using SystemVerilog and UVM.
- Debug simulation failures and collaborate with various teams to uncover bugs.
- Build and automate flows to improve verification infrastructure.
- Take ownership of meaningful projects and tasks from start to finish.
- Collaborate with Systems, Analog, Physical Design, SoC, Firmware/Software, and Project Management teams.
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled in an Electrical or Computer Engineering university program.
- 1 year of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Python.
- Basic understanding of digital logic and ASIC/IC design flow.
- Exposure to digital design/verification, Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
Nice to have
- Experience with Python, Perl, C/C++, SystemVerilog, UVM, Linux/Unix environment.
- A portfolio of personal or academic projects that showcase initiative and technical skills.
Market context
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 61-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
938
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$184k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (938 roles · 101 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 143 | 938 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 375 | 3011 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 53 d | 61 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $184k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 143 open roles · median 53 d
- AMD · 61 open roles · median 61 d
- Synopsys · 57 open roles · median 29 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 51 open roles · median 67 d
- NVIDIA · 48 open roles · median 44 d
- Analog Devices · 39 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 938 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 101 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.