NVIDIA 2027 Ignite Internships: Hardware Engineering - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$20 - $56 USD yearly
Originally posted 5 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This internship involves working hands-on with technical experts on projects related to hardware engineering. Potential focus areas include ASIC Physical Design and Timing, GPU Verification and Design, Hardware ASIC, Hardware CPU Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure Content/Performance, or Power Architect roles.
What you'll do
- Work on real technical projects within hardware engineering
- Develop new skills and adapt to new experiences
- Learn new concepts and tools in an evolving workspace
What you'll need
- Currently a first-year (class of 2030) or second-year (class of 2029) undergraduate pursuing a bachelor’s degree in EE, CE, CS, Mathematics, or a related field
- Anticipated graduation date (month and year) must be clearly indicated on resume
- Enrolled in courses in computing and engineering geared towards Hardware basics
- Basic knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages: C, C++, Python, Perl, MATLAB
Skills: ASIC Physical Design, GPU Verification, Hardware ASIC, VLSI Design, Verilog, SystemVerilog
This role has been open 4 days — well below the 62-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1010
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (1010 roles · 97 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 46 | 1010 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 231 | 3183 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 63 d | 62 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: ASIC Physical Design, GPU Verification, Hardware ASIC, VLSI Design, Verilog, SystemVerilog
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 143 open roles · median 60 d
- Synopsys · 82 open roles · median 24 d
- AMD · 73 open roles · median 35 d
- Analog Devices · 48 open roles · median 40 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 48 open roles · median 77 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 45 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 1010 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 97 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 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.