NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Hardware Physical Design / VLSI

About the role

NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve. Our work in AI and digital twins is transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society — from gaming to robotics, self-driving cars to life-saving healthcare, climate change to virtual worlds where we can all connect and create. Our internships offer an excellent opportunity to expand your career and get hands-on experience with one of our industry-leading Hardware teams.

Throughout the 12-week full-time internship, students will work on projects that have a measurable impact on our business.

Requirements

• Actively enrolled in a university pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, for the full duration of the internship.
• Anticipated graduation date (month and year) must be clearly indicated on a resume or CV to be considered.

Qualifications

Course or internship experience related to the following areas could be required:

• Floorplanning, Place and Route (P&R), Static Timing Analysis (STA)
• Power Integrity and IR Drop Analysis, Physical Verification (DRC/LVS)
• Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), VLSI, Computer Architecture
• Digital/Micro Electronics, Mixed-Signal Design, Digital Design, Logic Design
• CAD and Physical Design Methodologies (Flow and Tools Development)
• Implementation Synthesis, Static Timing Analysis, Clock/Power Distribution and Analysis
• RC Extraction and Correlation, Place and Route, Circuit Design
• Chip Floor Plan, Power/Clock Distribution, Chip Assembly, Timing Closure
• Power and Noise Analysis, Back-End Verification
• EDA Vendor (Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor, etc.) tool suites such as: ICC2, PrimeTime, dc_shell, Innovus, SeaHawk

Skills

Depending on the internship role, prior experience or knowledge requirements could include the following programming skills and technologies:

• Perl, C, C++, TCL, Linux, Scheme, Python, SKILL, Make
• ICC2, Design Compiler, PrimeTime (Synopsys, First Encounter), Innovus, Virtuso (Cadence)

Pay

The hourly rate for our interns is 20 USD - 71 USD, based on the position, your location, year in school, degree, and experience.

Benefits

You will also be eligible for intern benefits.