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NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Hardware Physical Design / VLSI

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

Core

12-week full-time internship for students to work on hardware physical design and VLSI projects with measurable business impact.

Role type

Hardware Physical Design / VLSI Intern

Builds

Chip floor plans, timing closure, power/clock distribution, and back-end verification for NVIDIA's accelerated computing products.

Domain

Semiconductor / Hardware Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Floorplanning, Place and Route (P&R), Static Timing Analysis (STA), Power Integrity, Physical Verification (DRC/LVS), Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), EDA tool suites (Synopsys, Cadence), Perl, C, C++, TCL, Linux, Python, SKILL

Preferred skills

Computer Architecture, Digital/Micro Electronics, Mixed-Signal Design, Logic Design, Synthesis, Circuit Design, RC Extraction, Chip Assembly, Noise Analysis

Technologies

ICC2, PrimeTime, dc_shell, Innovus, SeaHawk, Design Compiler, Virtuso, Make

Responsibilities

Perform floorplanning, place and route, static timing analysis, power integrity analysis, physical verification, clock tree synthesis, and back-end verification using EDA tools.

Seniority

Intern