NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Computer Architecture - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$20 - $71 USD yearly
Originally posted 19 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This internship focuses on computer architecture within NVIDIA.
What you'll do
- Work on projects that have a measurable impact on the business.
What you'll need
- Actively enrolled in a university pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience in Computer Graphics, Deep Learning, Ray Tracing, Parallel Programming, Memory Architecture, or High-Performance Computing Systems.
- Experience with Digital Systems, VLSI Design, GPU or CPU Architecture, Computer Arithmetic, CMOS Transistors and Circuits, Computer Organization, or Computer System Design.
- Experience with Deep Learning, Modelling/Performance Analysis, or Parallel Programming.
- Experience with Hardware Control Programming, GPU Acceleration, Parallel Processing (CUDA), High-Performance Computing (HPC), or Embedded Systems.
- Programming skills in Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, CUDA, Linux, C, C++, Python, Perl, Modern Graphics APIs (DirectX, OpenGL, Vulkan), GPU Computing (CUDA, OpenCL), Revision Control (Perforce, Git), or HPC (MPI, OpenMP).
Skills: computer architecture, gpu architecture, vlsi design, memory architecture, deep learning
This role has been open 58 days — well below the 80-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
468
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Median days open
80 d
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Median salary
$236k
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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 (468 roles · 65 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 56 | 468 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 235 | 3198 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 70 d | 80 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: computer architecture, gpu architecture, vlsi design, memory architecture, deep learning
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 71 open roles · median 86 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 56 open roles · median 69 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 10 d
- AMD · 35 open roles · median 65 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 113 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 21 open roles · median 115 d
How we counted: 468 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 65 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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.