CareerPlan

NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Hardware Design for Test (DFT)

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10

Core

12-week full-time internship for students pursuing M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering to work on Hardware Design for Test (DFT) projects with measurable business impact.

Role type

Hardware Design for Test (DFT) Intern

Builds

Hardware chips and test architectures for AI, gaming, robotics, and self-driving cars

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design and verification

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Design for Test (DFT), Digital Design, Test Architecture, Static Timing Analysis (STA), Debugging (Pre-Silicon/Post-Silicon), Scan Chain Design, ATPG, Boundary Scan, Memory BIST, Logic BIST, Compression, At-Speed/Delay Testing

Preferred skills

Perl, TCL, C, C++, Python, Synopsys, TetraMAX, Cadence Modus, Linux

Technologies

Synopsys, TetraMAX, Cadence Modus, Linux

Responsibilities

Design and implement DFT strategies, develop test architectures, perform static timing analysis, debug silicon issues, create scan chains and BIST solutions

Seniority

Intern