Asic Hardware Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Austin, TX

ASIC Hardware Design Engineer role at NVIDIA, focusing on system-level methodologies and RTL design for GPUs and SOCs. This is a new college grad position for 2026, requiring a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, with a strong academic background in digital design and computer architecture. Responsibilities include developing and automating design flows, implementing RTL features, and ensuring design quality through RTL checks. Programming experience in Python and knowledge of Verilog are required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be an integral part of the team defining, developing, and delivering system-level methodologies and RTL to measure performance on the industry's leading GPUs and SOCs.
  2. Learn and contribute to the development and automation of flows and methodologies to efficiently build, deliver, and support a system-level IP.
  3. Support projects by applying the performance monitoring system under the guidance of senior engineers.
  4. Learn and run RTL checks to ensure design quality (e.g., cross clock domains (CDC), clocks, reset, latency, and more).
  5. Design and implement RTL features (microarchitecture and RTL) with mentorship from experienced engineers.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
  • Strong academic background in digital design and computer architecture.
  • Programming experience in Python or other scripting languages.
  • Knowledge of RTL design (Verilog) and digital design concepts.
  • Understanding of basic SOC architecture concepts.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Proven teamwork and communication across multiple teams.