About the role#
NVIDIA offers 12-week, full-time hardware engineering internships. You will work on projects that have a measurable impact on the business. Interns join teams focused on system validation, hardware design, mechanical engineering, or silicon solutions. These roles involve hands-on work with our hardware platforms across consumer, professional, server, mobile, and automotive domains.
What you'll do#
- Productize NVIDIA chips into solutions for various domains.
- Conduct hardware testing, debugging, and validation of new products to meet performance and quality objectives.
- Research and develop new concepts and materials in mechanical engineering.
- Maintain a close relationship with architecture, hardware, and software design teams to test and debug new features.
What you'll need#
- Active enrollment in a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science.
- Graduation date must be clearly indicated on your resume or CV.
- Programming skills in Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, Perl, Python, or TCL.
- Knowledge of board-level design, PCB, datacenter systems, Linux, and CAD software.
- Experience with lab tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
Location & details#
- Location: Santa Clara, California.
- Modality: On-site.
- Term: Rolling applications.
- Status: Paid, full-time internship.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA operates as a computer hardware manufacturer based in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1993, the company focuses on accelerated computing and graphics technology. It produces hardware for markets including artificial intelligence, gaming, and data centers. The organization employs over 50,000 people and maintains a global presence.
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