NVIDIA
Designs GPUs and AI HPC platforms
ASIC Design Engineer – New College Grad 2026
+ Equity
On-site in Santa Clara, California.
About the job
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
- Experience in micro-architecture and RTL development (Verilog).
- Good understanding of ASIC design flow including RTL design, verification, logic synthesis and timing analysis.
- Exposure to Digital systems and VLSI design, Computer Architecture, Computer Arithmetic is required.
- Strong interpersonal skills and an excellent teammate.
- As a key member of the GPU Design team, you will implement, document and deliver high performance, area and power efficient RTL to achieve design targets and specifications.
- Analyze architectural trade-offs based on features, performance requirements and system limitations.
- Craft micro-architecture, implement in RTL, and deliver a fully verified, synthesis/timing clean design.
- Collaborate and coordinate with architects, other designers, pre- and post-silicon verification teams, synthesis, timing and back-end teams to accomplish your tasks.
- Work on a broad list of IPs such as GPUs work scheduler, time distribution system, interrupt controllers, and DMA engines.
- Architect features to help silicon debug and support post-silicon validation activities.
- Strong C/C++, Python or Perl skills.
- Good debugging and analytical skills.
- Experience with arbiters, scheduling, synchronization & bus protocols, interconnect networks, caches
About the company
NVIDIA designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) and computing platforms used for gaming, data centers, and artificial intelligence. These products work by using parallel processing to handle complex mathematical calculations much faster than standard computer processors, supported by a software ecosystem that allows developers to build and run AI models. Unlike competitors that may focus solely on hardware, NVIDIA integrates its chips with specialized software and cloud services to create a complete environment for high-performance tasks. The company’s goal is to provide the underlying technology necessary to power advanced computing, from realistic video game graphics to autonomous vehicles and large-scale data analysis.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
Founded
1993
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What believers are saying
- September 28, 2026 board approval added $150 billion buyback authorization, signaling cash generation strength.
- ByteDance and Alibaba chip-purchase reports on September 27, 2026 reopen a blocked China revenue stream.
- Over 100 partners joined Open Agent Safety Platform at launch, including Microsoft, JPMorganChase, and SpaceXAI.
What critics are saying
- China’s September 27, 2026 RTX PRO 5500 reports show export controls still throttle Nvidia sales.
- OpenAI, Meta, and Google incidents prove agent safety failures can taint Nvidia’s platform credibility fast.
- A 2027 AI spending downturn would crush data-center demand and expose Nvidia’s customer concentration.
What makes NVIDIA unique
- CUDA and Blackwell lock developers into Nvidia’s software-hardware stack, unlike commodity chip rivals.
- September 28, 2026 Open Agent Safety Platform extends Nvidia into agent governance and robotics.
- BlueField-4 and Vera CPUs let Nvidia control data-center security, networking, and compute together.
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