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NVIDIA · 14 hours ago

Physical Design Engineer

positionUS, MA, Westford
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$116K/yr - $218K/yr
date3+ years exp

NVIDIA is a leader in computer graphics and AI computing, seeking best-in-class Senior Physical Design Engineers to join their Networking Silicon engineering team. The role involves leading physical design and implementation of SOC devices, establishing methodologies, and participating in chip development processes.

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Responsibilities

You will lead all aspects of physical design and implementation of SOC devices targeted at the networking markets
Work will be at the partition level
As a member of a team, you will participate in establishing physical design methodologies, flow automation, chip floorplan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly and P&R, timing closure
Daily work involves all aspects of physical chip development (RTL2GDS) – trial synthesis, power and clock distribution, place and route, timing closure, power and noise analysis and physical verification

Qualification

VLSI physical designTiming closurePower/clock distributionCAD tools proficiencyPythonPerlTclAnalytical skillsDebugging skillsTeamwork

Required

BSEE / MSEE or equivalent experience
3+ years of experience in VLSI physical design implementation on 5nm, 4nm and 3nm technology
Able to assist in design flow development and debugging, including application of ML/AI solutions
Already a 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
To be successful you should possess strong analytical and debugging skills
Great teammate

Preferred

Proficiency using Python, Perl, Tcl, Make scripting is helpful

Benefits

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Company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
dateFounded in 1993
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.nvidia.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.09B
Key Investors
ARPA-EARK Investment ManagementSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-05-09Grant· $5M
2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
2021-02-18Post Ipo Equity

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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
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