Drimva

NVIDIA

ASIC Verification Engineer - New College Grad 2027

$100K–$190K

US, TX, Austin +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026

Location
US, TX, Austin
US, CA, Santa Clara
Experience
New college graduate role; no years of experience specified.
Education
Pursuing or recently completed a BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Verify NVIDIA SoC and GPU designs, including memory subsystem units and hardware/firmware interactions, using advanced verification methodologies.

What you'll do

  • Define verification scope and help develop verification infrastructure for memory subsystem units.
  • Verify design, architecture, and micro-architecture, including firmware code and hardware/firmware interactions.
  • Collaborate with architects, designers, and software engineers across sites.

What they ask for

  • Pursuing or recently completed a BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of verification methodology and creating reusable verification components.
  • Knowledge of random-stimulus, functional-coverage, and assertion-based verification methodologies.
  • Proficiency in object-oriented programming with SystemVerilog; exposure to VCS or equivalent simulation tools, debug tools, and UVM or equivalent methodologies.

Nice to have

  • Prior verification experience with high-speed IO protocols or memory coherence; experience debugging embedded firmware code (C or RISCV Assembly).
  • Knowledge of embedded microcontrollers and/or RISCV Architecture; experience writing verification plans.

Pay

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

Tools

SystemVerilog, VCS, Debussy, GDB, UVM, C, RISCV Assembly

AI focus

NVIDIA states that it uses AI tools in its recruiting processes; the role's described work does not involve AI.

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First seen Oct 16, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)