Summer 2027 Intern - Hardware Engineering
Originally posted 10 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This internship role supports early-career engineering across custom chips and controllers powering hard disk drives (HDDs) and data storage devices.
What you'll do
- Design and verify ASIC architectures, digital logic, interfaces, and IP blocks.
- Build simulations, debug, and validate hardware designs and System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions.
- Support the ASIC development lifecycle across synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.
- Analyze system performance, power, timing, and reliability.
- Collaborate across hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering or technical discipline.
- 0–2+ years of relevant professional experience, coursework, internships, co-ops, research, laboratory work, or projects in ASIC/SoC design, embedded systems, firmware, or hardware development.
- Familiarity with digital logic, computer architecture, testing, simulation, verification, or debugging.
- Familiarity with programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Java, Go, SQL, or JavaScript.
Nice to have
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and common software development tools such as Git, Linux, or IDEs.
- Interest in storage technologies, semiconductors, embedded systems, cloud computing, AI, or data analytics.
More semiconductor jobs: Western Digital jobs · RTL design jobs
First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 65-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1098
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Median days since first seen
65 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$188k
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| Metric | Western Digital | All employers we track in this specialty (1098 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 1098 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 1 | 3526 · 119 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 0 d | 65 d (+65 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $188k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 142 open roles · median 74 d
- AMD · 92 open roles · median 55 d
- Synopsys · 89 open roles · median 54 d
- NVIDIA · 48 open roles · median 67 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 45 open roles · median 110 d
- Analog Devices · 40 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 1098 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.