By submitting your resume, you’re expressing interest in one of our 2025 Ignite Software 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. 

 

The NVIDIA Ignite Application will be open from 9/16/2024 - 10/18/2024 

 

The NVIDIA Ignite program was created to give you real-world experiences with real technology. You’ll get hands-on exposure to never-before-seen solutions. Why you? We believe that technology should be inclusive of everyone. NVIDIA Ignite takes this dedication to the next level by immersing students of historically underrepresented communities in an on-site (Santa Clara, CA) headquarters based 12-week internship through NVIDIA’s products, culture, and ecosystem.  

 

If you’ve just started your 1st or 2nd year as an undergraduate and love software, this pre-internship program is the perfect way to kickstart your career.  

 

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. And you can see it in our employees—driven, curious, smart people with a passion for creating what comes next. Don’t miss this chance to Ignite your career and help us change the world. Apply now to begin your life’s work! 

 

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 Machine Learning 

Automotive Offensive Security  

Embedded Software 

GPU SW Engineer  

Linux/Android/Jetson Embedded Systems Software  

Software AI Applications  

Systems Software AV Platform 

Software Project Manager Intern  

System Software Robotics  

Tegra System Software 

Vulkan Driver Performance 

What we need to see:  

You are currently a first-year (class of 2028) or second year (class of 2027) 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 

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 

Passion for diverse work assignments and enjoy the opportunity to try innovative approaches to overcome challenges 

Ability to develop relationships across a wide array of partners and build support for our core mission 

Extra-curricular interest in technical fields is a plus! 

Ways to stand out from the crowd, Software applicants: 

Enrolled in courses in computing and engineering, specifically geared towards SW basics 

Basic knowledge of one of the following programming languages C, C++, Python, Perl 

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

General understanding of data structures and algorithm time/space complexity 

Understanding of mathematical fundamentals, including linear algebra and numerical methods 

Foundations of the computer memory model (disk, memory, caches), CPU and GPU architectures, networking, numeric libraries, and modular software design 

Knowledge of high-performance computing 

Familiarity with operating system concepts (threads, process control, memory/resource management, virtual memory, etc.) 

 

Click here to learn more about NVIDIA, our early talent programs, benefits offered to students and other helpful student resources related to our latest technologies and endeavors. 

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

You will also be eligible for Intern benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications 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.