PhD Research Intern, Circuits - 2027 - United States
$38 - $94 USD yearly
Originally posted 13 September 2026 by the employer — open 5 days.
About the role
This PhD Research Intern role in the Circuits team involves exploring architectural and circuit solutions for high-performance, low-power circuit technologies.
What you'll do
- Explore circuit approaches for optimizing processor computation and interconnect performance and power.
- Design and implement circuit approaches in prototype systems.
- Collaborate with other researchers and internal product teams.
- Transfer technology to product groups.
What you'll need
- Pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, or related field.
- Power delivery research experience focused on novel Digital and Analog control architectures for fast transient response of power converters.
- Power delivery research experience focused on EMI analysis and mitigation technique.
- Power delivery research experience focused on power supply design and analysis for applications with low failure rate.
- Excellent knowledge of theory and practice of circuit design.
- Depth in one or more areas of high-performance circuit design (PLLs and clocking, SerDes and high-speed signaling, photonics, SRAMs, power delivery/regulation, security circuits, and high-speed logic).
- Track record of research excellence or significant product development.
Skills: power delivery, power converters, EMI analysis, circuit design, power regulation
This role has been open 4 days — well below the 57-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Conversion
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Open roles in category
53
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Median days open
57 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 (53 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 53 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 27 | 1336 · 104 employers |
| Median days open | 37 d | 57 d (−20 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: power delivery, power converters, EMI analysis, circuit design, power regulation
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 7 open roles · median 30 d
- Renesas Electronics · 6 open roles · median 48 d
- Power Integrations · 4 open roles · median 47 d
- Analog Devices · 3 open roles · median 56 d
- Navitas Semiconductor · 3 open roles · median 22 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 122 d
How we counted: 53 open Power Electronics (Power Conversion) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.