Drimva

NVIDIA

ASIC Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026

$100K–$190K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026

Education
Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

About the job

Implements and verifies high-performance, power- and area-efficient RTL for GPU and SoC designs, from microarchitecture through timing-clean delivery.

What you'll do

  • Analyze architectural trade-offs and develop microarchitecture and RTL for ASIC designs.
  • Deliver fully verified designs that meet synthesis and timing targets, coordinating with architecture, verification, synthesis, timing, and backend teams.
  • Develop silicon-debug features and support post-silicon validation.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
  • Experience in micro-architecture and RTL development (Verilog).
  • Understanding of ASIC design flow, including RTL design, verification, logic synthesis, and timing analysis.
  • Exposure to digital systems, VLSI design, computer architecture, and computer arithmetic.

Nice to have

  • Strong C/C++, Python or Perl skills.
  • Experience with arbiters, scheduling, synchronization, bus protocols, interconnect networks, or caches.

Pay

100,000 USD - 166,750 USD (base salary, Level 1); 116,000 USD - 189,750 USD (base salary, Level 2)

Tools

Verilog, C/C++, Python, Perl

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)