NVIDIA · 2 days ago
SOC IP Methodology Engineer - Custom SOC
US, CA, Santa Clara
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$168K/yr - $264K/yr
8+ years expNVIDIA is hiring a Senior SOC/IP Methodology Engineer to help design and architect next generation custom SoC/IP solutions. The role involves developing and optimizing methodologies, collaborating with internal and external partners, and driving technical design reviews to ensure high-quality outcomes in SOC/IP development processes.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for developing and optimizing semi-custom RTL to GDS methodologies, work with internal and external collaborators and IP Vendors on SOC/IP requirements and drive technology alignments across them
You will be a hands-on domain expert, able to traverse from Synthesis to final design closure (timing and layout) involving latest EDA technologies and capabilities
Work with customers on SOC/IP development processes, IP quality and handoff requirements for QA, smooth integration, and high-quality analysis flows
You will drive, review, and cultivate development processes to assure top quality work to and from IP customers and SOC engineers
You will help in driving technical design reviews, assuring that defined processes are followed, identifying, and mitigating risks, and continuing to improve development processes with innovative tools and procedures
Be responsible for results/handoffs to and from Customers, methodology solutions and schedule plans
You will be required to drive early PPA on customer IP and drive what-if experiments to help drive KPI targets, analyze and solve critical issues
Will work with internal and external collaborators to carry out floorplan experiments to drive area estimates and evaluate solution tradeoffs
Work with Nvidia PD design methodology team to come up with best methodologies to integrate external customer IP
You will also work with external ASIC companies if we decide to outsource some part of Nvidia design
Qualification
Required
Masters with 8+ (or BS or equivalent experience with 10+) years of experience within these skill areas
Extensive leadership experience as Methodology and Technical expert in physical design working with internal and external partners
Experience working in a SOC development and customer focused environment with excellent interpersonal skills
Experience in handling complex IP ecosystem involving both internal and external partners
Proven hands-on experience with RTL-to-GDSII tool flows
Physical design and analysis tools from EDA vendors such as Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor (CDC, LP Checks, Genus, First Encounter, Innovus, Design Compiler, Fusion Compiler, ICC2, PT-SI, Tempus, Redhawk) etc
Understanding of full flow (including DFT, BIST) to integrate customer and third-party IP and drive program alignment
Proven abilities to optimize methodology and flows for high productivity, design optimization and incorporate innovation
Strong background and knowledge in Synthesis, CTS, Power Optimization, Placement and Route methods and timing convergence for high performance designs like CPU, GPU and machine learning IPs
Strong scripting skills involving Python, Perl and Tcl, excellent soft skills
RTL2GDS experience with high performance ARM cores, Serdes, DDR, GPU, machine learning experience would be a plus
Preferred
Exposure to IP-XACT or similar infrastructure is a plus
Benefits
Equity
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
10001+ employees
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