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NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Hardware Physical Design / VLSI

US, CA, Santa Clara · Internship · Posted Oct 12, 2026

Experience
No specific number of years stated; relevant coursework or internship experience may be required, depending on the role.
Education
Currently pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

About the job

A 12-week full-time internship in hardware physical design/VLSI, where students contribute to projects for NVIDIA’s hardware teams.

What you'll do

  • Work on hardware physical design/VLSI projects with measurable business impact.
  • Depending on the role, work on areas such as chip floorplanning, place and route, timing closure, power analysis, or back-end verification.

What they ask for

  • Remain actively enrolled for the full internship in a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Clearly state the anticipated graduation month and year on the resume or CV.
  • Relevant coursework or internship experience in one or more of the listed physical-design, VLSI, digital-design, or related areas may be required, depending on the role.

Pay

20 USD - 71 USD per hour (intern hourly rate)

Tools

ICC2, PrimeTime, dc_shell, Innovus, Perl, C++, TCL, Python

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