CPU Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA is seeking best-in-class CPU Design Engineers to design the world’s leading CPUs. This position offers the opportunity to have a real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company, working on product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the micro-architecture definition, feasibility studies and documentation of CPU sub-systems
• Implement in RTL and coordinate execution with the verification team to ensure that the design is functional
• Exercise logic design skills to optimize and meet performance, timing and power targets
• Deliver a synthesis/timing clean design while working with the physical design team ensuring a routable and physically implementable design
• Support hardware engineering activities including chip floor plan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly, timing closure, power and noise analysis, and back-end verification
• Develop flows and tools as necessary in support of design activities

Requirements:

• BS or MS in electrical engineering or computer engineering (or equivalent experience)
• Exposure to Computer Architecture and Digital Systems design
• Proficient in logic design, Verilog and/or SystemVerilog, with a deep understanding of physical design and VLSI
• Strengths in scripting languages such as Perl, Python
• Good communication and interpersonal skills