Applied Machine Learning Engineer, Circuit Design - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA +1 · Remote

NVIDIA is seeking an Applied Machine Learning Engineer for their Circuit Design team, focusing on building AI-driven software systems that combine automation algorithms, DL models, and agentic workflows to accelerate end-to-end circuit design. The role involves working with hardware design data, circuit optimization, and developing AI/ML solutions for EDA, with a focus on agent-driven design exploration and optimization.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work within a multi-functional team on projects involving pre-silicon and post-silicon hardware design data, circuit optimization, SPICE correlation, and AI systems for EDA/design automation.
  2. Work on applications ranging from silicon data analysis, manufacturing process variation analysis, VLSI circuit design, timing, and agent-driven design exploration and agent flow optimization.
  3. Translate requirements into data science, AI/ML, and agentic system problems; architect and build solutions.
  4. Test and release models and AI systems that integrate with existing machine learning, design automation, and visualization tools within the organization.
  5. Analyze datasets, raise and validate hypotheses, extract relevant features, and build models and self-improving workflows on top of them.

Skills

Required

  • Master's or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Applied Mathematics (or equivalent experience)
  • Knowledge in circuit design, VLSI, ASIC, EDA, silicon analysis, or custom circuit design
  • Python
  • C++

Nice to have

  • Experience building AI systems for EDA, design automation, or circuit design workflows
  • Research or project experience in AI-driven EDA, circuit optimization, design-space exploration, or autonomous design systems
  • Experience building agentic systems, autonomous optimization loops, self-improving AI systems, or production-scale AI/ML platforms
  • Deep learning algorithms
  • AI agent frameworks
  • PyTorch
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph

What the JD emphasized

  • Knowledge in circuit design, VLSI, ASIC, EDA, silicon analysis, or custom circuit design is required.

Other signals

  • AI-driven software systems for circuit design
  • agentic workflows
  • AI systems for EDA/design automation