October 6, 2025

NVIDIA 2026 Ignite Internships: Hardware Engineering

Intern • On-site

$18 - $54/hr

Santa Clara, CA

By submitting your resume, you’re expressing interest in one of our 2026 Ignite Hardware Engineering Internships. We’ll review resumes on an ongoing basis, and a recruiter may reach out if your experience fits one of our many internship opportunities. 

 

We will accept submissions from October 6, 2025 to October 19, 2025.

 

The NVIDIA Ignite program gives you everything you need to start building your career—a whole lot earlier than you might expect. This inclusive, 12-week summer pre-internship program was created to give current first and second year undergrad students, from a variety of backgrounds, a chance to work hands-on with real technical experts on real projects. It’s a fully immersive experience covering the products, culture, and ecosystem that makes NVIDIA a truly unique place to ignite your career. 

 

Our 12-week internship is located on-site in Santa Clara, CA. NVIDIA will cover one-time round trip for students traveling over 50 miles to Santa Clara and provide a supplemental housing stipend to assist with living expenses over the summer.    

 

Potential Internships in this field include:  

  • AI Developer Technology 

  • ASIC Physical Design and Timing 

  • GPU Verification and Design 

  • Hardware ASIC 

  • Hardware CPU Infrastructure 

  • HWInf Content/Performance 

  • Power Architect 

What we need to see: 

  • You are currently a first year (class of 2029) or second year (class of 2028) undergrad pursuing your bachelor’s degree at a four-year university in the United States in either of the following: CS, CE, EE, Mathematics, or related fields  

  • Demonstrate passion through involvement in relevant clubs, leadership roles, extracurricular projects, and more 

  • Enrolled in courses in computing and engineering, specifically geared towards HW basics  

  • Basic knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages C, C++, Python, Perl, MATLAB  

  • Creativity and problem-solving mentality; willingness to develop new skills; ability to adapt to new experiences  

  • The desire to learn new concepts and tools in a growing and evolving workspace  

 

Ways to Stand Out from the crowd:

  • Students seeking their first relevant industry or corporate internship experience 

  • Demonstrated initiative to learn about technology, computers, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, parallel computing, etc.  

  • Basic knowledge of one of the following CAD Skills: Catia, SiemensNX, Solidworks Creo  

  • Understanding of VLSI design, computer architecture, computer arithmetic CMOS transistors, and circuits  

  • Basic knowledge of Verilog/VHDL  

  • Background of modern GPU API’s (CUDA, OpenCL)  

 

Why NVIDIA? We’re all about redefining the future. You can see it in our AI and visual computing technologies, from the data center and self-driving cars to gaming and robots. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most dedicated and passionate people on the planet working for us. Apply now to begin your life’s work! 

Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay based on the position, your location, year in school, degree, and experience. The hourly rate for our interns is 18 USD - 54 USD.

You will also be eligible for Intern benefits. ​

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.