System Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026 - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$92,000 - $184,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 8 October 2026.
Build system hardware products around NVIDIA GPU and Tegra SoC platforms.
About the role
As a System Design Engineer in the Graphics Product Team, you will work with hardware and software engineers to develop NVIDIA GPU and Tegra SoC-based products for GPU cards, MGX servers, automotive, robotics, industrial PC, and consumer electronics.
What you'll do
- Build system hardware products around GPU & Tegra SoC. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance product cost, performance, and schedule under the guidance of system architects and product architects. - Drive initial test and bringup, and lead debug efforts. - Create schematics, supervise PCB layout, and conduct system validation. - Handle documentation required to release products to manufacturers and partners. - Optimize circuits and functions for performance and cost, and improve the design flow with the infrastructure team.
What you'll need
- Recent graduate with a B.S or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience. - Experience in PCB design and review. - Experience with using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers. - Knowledge of Linux environments and Windows OS. - Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Skills: system hardware products, PCB design, schematic, system validation, initial test and bringup
This role has been open 120 days — well above the 50-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
107
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$206k
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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 (107 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 14 | 107 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 997 | 6298 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 84 d | 50 d (+34 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $206k |
Skills observed across this category: system hardware products, PCB design, schematic, system validation, initial test and bringup
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 30 open roles · median 62 d
- Qualcomm · 21 open roles · median 50 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 15 open roles · median 76 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 49 d
- Mobileye · 5 open roles · median 29 d
- Renesas Electronics · 4 open roles · median 1 d
How we counted: 107 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.