SOC Hardware Engineer - New College Grad 2026

Location: US, CA, Santa Clara, US, TX, Austin

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

NVIDIA is hiring a recent college graduate SOC Hardware Engineer to analyze, architect, and design next generation SoC and networking solutions. We are looking for special individuals with a passion and desire to deliver innovative products. Together, we will build the next generation of life changing SoC's. If you are a motivated individual with knowledge of computer architecture, digital logic, and chip design, this is your place to be. 

 

What you'll be doing: 

• Working with HW and SW Architects and designers to determine optimal microarchitectures and design tradeoffs. 

• Identifying micro-architectural solutions for connectivity, coherency, power management, security, memory management and other SOC level issues. 

• Understanding and helping drive implementation of bus protocols, networking protocols, memory access and security solutions across a range of products. 

• Modeling, analyzing and explaining the performance and power advantages of Nvidia chips and guide customers and firmware engineers to extract the most performance from micro-architectural structures. 

 

What We Need To See: 

• Master's Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).

• Coursework and/or projects focused on computer architecture, performance, and system design. 

• Clear understanding of the performance, power and security implications of micro-architectural features. 

• Strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills. 

• A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural and micro-architectural breadth and depth. 

• Excellent coding and algorithmic thinking skills. 

  

Join the future of chip design, you will work on groundbreaking products with a dedicated team! 

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 100,000 USD - 166,750 USD for Level 1, and 116,000 USD - 189,750 USD for Level 2.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until March 20, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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.