Chip companies post most fresher and new-grad roles on their own careers pages, and many are filled through campus drives and referrals before they ever reach a job board. This page shows where to look, what to search for, and how to apply so you get noticed.
Companies rarely post "VLSI fresher". Search for these titles instead, and add "new grad", "graduate", "entry level" or "0–1 years".
Design Verification Engineer · ASIC Verification Engineer · Pre-silicon Validation Engineer
ASIC Design Engineer · RTL Design Engineer · Digital Design Engineer · SoC Design Engineer
Physical Design Engineer · Implementation Engineer · Timing / STA Engineer
DFT Engineer · Post-silicon Validation Engineer · Product / Test Engineer
Analog Design Engineer · Mixed-Signal Engineer · Analog / Custom Layout Engineer
CAD Engineer · EDA Applications Engineer · FPGA Design Engineer
A LinkedIn Jobs search that works (paste it into the keyword box, then filter by "Entry level" and your city):
These are official links, taken from our company directory. Bookmark the ones that match your domain and check them weekly.
| COMPANY | INDIA LOCATIONS | APPLY | PREPARE |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRODUCT & DESIGN CENTRES | |||
| Intel | Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| Qualcomm | Bengaluru, Hyderabad | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| NVIDIA | Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| AMD | Bengaluru, Hyderabad | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| Texas Instruments | Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| Arm | Bengaluru, Noida | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| Broadcom | Bengaluru, Hyderabad | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Marvell | Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Apple | Hyderabad | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Micron | Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Sanand | Careers page ↗ | — |
| EDA COMPANIES | |||
| Synopsys | Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Noida | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| Cadence | Noida, Pune, Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | Interview guide |
| Siemens EDA | Noida, Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | — |
| INDIAN FABLESS & DESIGN FIRMS | |||
| MosChip Technologies | Hyderabad, Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Mindgrove Technologies | Chennai | Careers page ↗ | — |
| InCore Semiconductors | Chennai | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Saankhya Labs | Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | — |
| FABS, OSAT & EQUIPMENT | |||
| Tata Electronics | Dholera (fab), Jagiroad (OSAT) | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Kaynes Semicon | Sanand | Careers page ↗ | — |
| CG Semi | Sanand | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Applied Materials | Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | — |
| Lam Research | Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | — |
| KLA | Chennai, Bengaluru | Careers page ↗ | — |
Hiring outside India? See our directories for the USA, Taiwan, Germany, Singapore and more.
Typical patterns in India. Exact dates vary by college and company, so watch your placement cell and the careers pages.
Most colleges run final-year placement drives in these months. Product companies usually visit early.
Six-month internships for the final semester, a common route into return offers at product companies.
Careers pages and referrals, with openings posted as teams grow. This is how most people outside campus drives get hired.
For MS students in the US, most new-grad and internship hiring for the following year happens in the autumn.
"Any VLSI job" leads to generic applications. Choose verification, RTL, PD, DFT or analog, then list 20 companies hiring for it from the table above.
Lead with the projects and keywords for that role. Our resume guide has a template, the bullet formula and a 20-point checklist.
Many roles get the most attention in their first week. Check your bookmarked careers pages weekly and apply quickly.
A referral from an engineer at the company moves your resume up the pile. Message people on the team, keep it short and specific, and attach your resume. There's a template below.
A simple spreadsheet (company, role, date, referral, status) stops you losing track and shows you which approach is working.
Read the company interview guide, take the timed quiz, and do one mock interview so your first real interview isn't your first interview.
Short, specific, and easy to say yes to. Replace everything in angle brackets, and never send the same message to twenty people at one company.
Not sure about an offer? Check the role on the company's official careers page from the table above, or ask us.
Yes, especially in verification, physical design, DFT, layout and FPGA roles. Strong projects on GitHub and an internship matter more than the degree at many companies. Some RTL design and most analog design roles do prefer an M.Tech.
No course is required by employers. What they test is fundamentals and hands-on skill. Many engineers learn from free material and open-source tools. If you do take a course, judge it by its verifiable placements, not its promises. Our free Learn Hub is a good starting point.
Not at all. Services firms train many freshers and give broad project exposure. Many engineers move to product companies after two to four years, usually with a big pay jump. See our India salary guide.
Quality beats volume. Twenty well-targeted applications with tailored resumes, and referrals where possible, usually do better than two hundred generic ones.
That's normal, not a verdict on you. Keep applying, ask for referrals, and use the wait to strengthen a project or practise interviews. One strong project can change your response rate.