- BS (or equivalent experience) in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years of experience, or MS (or equivalent experience) with 3+ years of experience in physical design, synthesis, and timing.
- Strong hands-on experience taking complex blocks, IPs, or chips from RTL/netlist to tapeout through logic synthesis, floorplanning, placement, clock-tree synthesis, routing, physical optimization, signoff, and ECOs.
- Demonstrated success improving power, performance, and area through design improvements, critical-path planning and crafting, or methodology/workflow improvements.
- Hands-on experience in block, sub-chip, and full-chip level Static Timing Analysis, timing-constraint development, and multi-mode, multi-corner timing closure factoring in process variations, IR drop, and Xtalk.
- Expertise and in-depth knowledge of industry-standard EDA tools.
- Proficiency in Python, Tcl, Perl, Make, or similar scripting languages as well as AI/ML/DL/LLMs.
Ways to stand out from the crowd
- Physical design experience on high-performance CPUs, GPUs, LPUs, or AI accelerator designs.
- Expertise or innovation in advanced physical design & circuits optimizations, clocking, or timing-closure strategies.
- Experience in developing scalable optimization and signoff solutions through automation or AI/Agentic framework.
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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 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.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 6, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.