Low Power ASIC Engineer - New College Grad 2026
NVIDIAJob Title
Low Power ASIC Engineer - New College Grad 2026
Role Summary
Join NVIDIA's Low Power Design & Verification (DV) team to develop and verify power-management solutions for GPUs and SoCs used in AI, Automotive, GeForce, and Mobile products. The role focuses on building verification testbenches, infrastructure, and test plans while collaborating with architecture, design, and software teams.
Experience Level
Entry-level — New college graduate (0–2 years) or equivalent practical experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with Low Power Architecture, Design, and Software teams to define and validate power-management features.
- Architect and implement verification testbenches, infrastructure, and test plans for power-management solutions.
- Verify low-power techniques such as multi-VT, clock gating, power gating, block activity power, and DVFS.
- Debug verification failures using simulation and debug tools and improve simulation/debug efficiency.
- Propose and implement improvements to power-aware DV methodologies and interact with EDA vendors to optimize flows.
Requirements
Must-have skills and tools:
- Understanding of low-power design techniques: multi-VT, clock gating, power gating, block activity power, DVFS.
- Familiarity with processor architecture and power-management design/verification; GPU knowledge is a plus.
- Experience with Incisive Low-Power or Synopsys VCS NLP.
- Strong debug skills; experience with Verdi.
- Fluent in Verilog and SystemVerilog; working knowledge of UVM.
Nice-to-have:
- Prior knowledge of low-power architecture, computer vision, or deep learning.
- Experience with UPF power intent format.
- Scripting skills in Python or Perl; familiarity with C/C++.
- Experience maintaining build scripts or Makefiles for simulation flows.
Education Requirements
BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
