PhD Research Intern, Circuits - 2027 - United States
$38 - $94 USD yearly
Originally posted 13 September 2026 by the employer.
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 25 days — well below the 51-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Conversion
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Open roles in category
50
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Median days open
51 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 (50 roles · 21 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 50 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 28 | 1419 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 116 d | 51 d (+65 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 · 13 open roles · median 17 d
- onsemi · 4 open roles · median 90 d
- Power Integrations · 4 open roles · median 68 d
- Keysight Technologies · 3 open roles · median 56 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 3 open roles · median 91 d
- Renesas Electronics · 3 open roles · median 39 d
How we counted: 50 open Power Electronics (Power Conversion) roles from 21 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.