Senior Software R&D Engineer, Digital Logic Synthesis

What you’ll be doing

Invent and develop new algorithms for RTL synthesis, digital logic optimization, graph-based RTL traversal, analysis, and manipulation.

Build physical-aware synthesis techniques using placement/congestion/timing feedback to improve PPA.

Develop strategies for rapidly analyzing the RTL change impact on timing, power, area, and impact to DFT, clocking, and power delivery on design.

Prototype and evaluate ML methods (e.g., GNNs, RL, models) to guide optimization decisions; integrate successful approaches into production.

Explore high-performance algorithms for clustering, min-cost tree covering (technology mapping), datapath implementation and other details of logic synthesis, especially that efficiently incorporate human insight.

As part of the team’s software engineering responsibilities, you will own the entire process from discovery and invention of new optimization opportunities, to developing solutions and working directly inside design teams to facilitate deployment.

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience in EDA software and/or VLSI flows, with significant work in logic synthesis or digital optimization.
• Strong CS fundamentals and modern C++ experience (templates/STL, concurrency libraries, profiling and performance optimization, data structures, algorithms, performance, concurrency, testing).
• Solid understanding of RTL (Verilog/System Verilog) and digital design concepts (timing, clocking, DFT basics, power intent).
• Expertise in EDA techniques, including logic synthesis, global route, static timing analysis, power & area optimization and SAT solvers.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

• Previous work experience involving RTL logic synthesis and multi-stage logic optimization.
• Experience with common EDA building blocks, such as Verific for Verilog parsing, Espresso for logic minimization, and various other components for logic rewriting, tree coverage, SAT solvers, and combinatorial optimization.
• Experience in high-performance software design including multithreading, distributed computing, efficient memory and I/O use, etc.
• Experience with various machine learning techniques.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. 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.