Senior Physical Design Engineer

Job

Requisition
Job Category:
Engineering
Time Type:
Full time
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing, where our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars. As a NVIDIA employee, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment that encourages doing your best work.

• You will lead all aspects of physical design and implementation of SOC devices targeted at the networking markets.
• Work will be at the partition and chiplet level.
• As a team member, you will participate in establishing physical design methodologies, flow automation, chip floorplan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly and P&R, and timing closure.
• Daily work involves all aspects of physical chip development (RTL2
  
  GDS) – trial synthesis, power and clock distribution, place and route, timing closure, power and noise analysis, and physical verification.

• BSEE / MSEE or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in VLSI physical design implementation on 5nm, 4nm and 3nm technology.
• A successful track record of delivering designs to production is required.
• Ability to assist in design flow development and debugging, including application of ML/AI solutions.
• Validated strong power user of P&R, Timing Analysis, Physical Verification, IR Drop Analysis, CAD tools from Synopsys (ICC2/DC/PT/STAR/ICV), Cadence (Genus/Innovus/Tempus) and other major EDA companies.
• Confirmed prior experience in timing closure, clock/power distribution and analysis, RC extraction and correlation, place/route and tapeout solutions.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Proficiency using Python, Perl, Tcl, Make scripting is helpful.
• Great teammate.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 136,000 USD – 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD – 264,500 USD for Level 4. 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 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.