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ASIC Engineer Intern

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Sunnyvale, CA Intern
POSTED ON 12/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/21/2026
This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Overview

Job Description:

Join our ASIC team as an intern and gain hands-on experience in cutting-edge semiconductor development. Interns will have the opportunity to focus on one of three specialized areasASIC Design, ASIC Verification, or ASIC Tools & Methodologies—based on their interests and skills. You are not expected to perform all three activities; instead, you will work closely with senior engineers in your chosen domain.

ASIC Design

Responsibilities (based on chosen focus area):

  • Participate in ASIC architecture investigation tasks, including evaluating design trade-offs and performance analysis.
  • Create detailed functional and micro-architectural specifications
  • Assist in RTL design using SystemVerilog, ensuring functionality, performance, and power goals.
  • Support synthesis, linting, and design reviews.

ASIC Verification

  • Develop and maintain testbenches using SystemVerilog and UVM.
  • Write test plans, assertions, create functional coverage models, and debug simulation failures.
  • Contribute to regression setup and results analysis.
  • Participate in emulation activities for pre-silicon validation.

Tools & Methodologies

  • Contribute to automation to accelerate ASIC development processes, flow improvements, and EDA tool evaluations.
  • Develop utilities to enhance productivity and improve design/verification processes.
  • Work with EDA tools for physical design, including synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and sign-off flows.
  • Support Design-for-Test (DFT) methodology development and integration.

General Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with team members to troubleshoot technical issues and propose solutions.
  • Participate in team meetings, learn project methodologies, and share progress during periodic reviews.
  • Actively engage in learning new technologies and best practices relevant to your focus area.
  • Complete assigned tasks efficiently and incorporate feedback.

Education & Experience

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Coursework in Digital Logic Design, Computer Architecture, or VLSI Design is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with ASIC concepts through academic projects or internships is a plus.

Knowledge & Skills

  • Programming & Scripting: Exposure to SystemVerilog, UVM, and basic knowledge of Python, C , or similar languages.
  • Understanding of ASIC design flow, verification methodologies, and EDA tools for physical design.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to manage time and meet deadlines.
  • Passion for high-tech and continuous learning.
  • Knowledge of networking protocols, machine learning, or advanced computer architecture is a plus.

Additional Skills

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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The expected salary/wage range for a U.S.-based hire filling this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. If this is a sales role, then the listed salary range reflects combined base salary and target-level sales compensation pay. If this is a non-sales role, then the listed salary range reflects base salary only. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html.

USD Hourly: $35.00 - $40.25

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.

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It has come to HPE’s attention that there has been an increase in recruitment fraud whereby scammer impersonate HPE or HPE-authorized recruiting agencies and offer fake employment opportunities to candidates. These scammers often seek to obtain personal information or money from candidates.

Please note that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), its direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and its authorized recruitment agencies/vendors will never charge any candidate a registration fee, hiring fee, or any other fee in connection with its recruitment and hiring process. The credentials of any hiring agency that claims to be working with HPE for recruitment of talent should be verified by candidates and candidates shall be solely responsible to conduct such verification. Any candidate/individual who relies on the erroneous representations made by fraudulent employment agencies does so at their own risk, and HPE disclaims liability for any damages or claims that may result from any such communication.

Salary : $35 - $40

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