NVIDIA · 3 days ago
Senior Physical Design Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$168K/yr - $264K/yr
8+ years expNVIDIA is a leader in AI computing and has been innovating for over two decades. They are seeking a Senior Physical Design Engineer responsible for all aspects of physical design and implementation of GPUs and ASICs, including establishing methodologies and performing analysis for power and timing.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Consumer ElectronicsGPUHardwareSoftwareVirtual Reality
Responsibilities
Responsible for all aspects of physical design and implementation of GPU and other ASICs targeted at the desktop, laptop, workstation, and mobile markets
As a member of a team, we will all participate in establishing physical design methodologies, flow automation, chip floorplan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly and P&R, timing closure
Craft designs for static timing analysis, power and noise analysis and back-end verification
Qualification
Required
BSEE or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience in large VLSI physical design implementation on 5nm, 4nm and 3nm technology
Your successful track record of delivering designs to production is a requirement
Already a validated strong power user of P&R, Timing analysis, Physical Verification and IR Drop Analysis CAD tools from Synopsys (ICC2/DC/PT/STAR-RC/ICV), Cadence (Innovus, Tempus, SeaHawk) and Mentor Graphics
Deep understanding of custom macro blocks such as RAMs, CAMs, high-speed IO drivers, PLLs
Confirmed prior experience in timing closure, clock/power distribution and analysis, RC extraction and correlation, place/route and tapeout solutions
To be successful you should possess strong analytical and debugging skills required
Preferred
MSEE or equivalent experience
Shown experience in the following areas: Power, Performance and Area improvement Initiatives is a plus
Proficiency using Python, Perl, Tcl, Make scripting is helpful
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