Low Power Asic Engineer - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

NVIDIA is seeking a Low Power ASIC Engineer for their New College Grad program in 2026. The role involves architecting and developing testbenches and infrastructure to verify power management solutions for GPUs and SOCs, with a focus on energy efficiency. The position requires a BS/MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering, experience with low power design techniques, processor architecture understanding, and proficiency in Verilog, SystemVerilog, UVM, and specific EDA tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Working very closely with Low Power Architecture, Design, and Software teams to understand next generation features.
  2. Responsible for architecting/developing testbench, infrastructure, and testplans to verify various power management solutions for NVIDIA products.
  3. You will have the opportunity bring creative ideas that help improve power-aware DV methodologies, as well as influence EDA vendors to improve our simulation and debug efficiencies.

Skills

Required

  • BS, MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Understanding of low power design techniques (multi VT, Clock gating, Power gating, Block Activity Power, and Dynamic Voltage-Frequency Scaling (DVFS))
  • Good understanding of processor architecture (GPU is a plus)
  • Experienced with Incisive Low-Power or Synopsys VCS NLP
  • Strong debug skills
  • Experience with Verdi
  • Fluent in Verilog, SystemVerilog
  • Understanding of UVM

Nice to have

  • Prior knowledge of Low Power Architecture, Low Power CV, and deep learning
  • Good understanding of power intent in UPF format
  • Strong background in Low Power architectures or verification
  • Scripting abilities in Python or PERL
  • Knowledge of C or C++

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be experienced with Incisive Low-Power or Synopsys VCS NLP
  • Strong debug skills and experience with Verdi is needed
  • Must be fluent in Verilog, SystemVerilog, and understanding of UVM.