- MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Physical Design; emphasis on methodology and flow development is highly preferred
- Proven track record of PPA improvement on high performance and low power designs in advanced technology nodes
- Strong understanding of physical design optimization and routing methodologies at place, cts, route and postroute, especially power and area efficient setup and hold optimization
- Strong background in STA, extraction, timing and RC correlation
- Experience in low power design with UPF, and use of FSDB/SAIFs for power optimization
- Solid understanding of EM and IR analysis and closure
- Understanding of synthesis, hierarchical design, pinning and budgeting flows
- Experience with power distribution networks, Design for Yield and Manufacturability and thermal management
- Expertise and in-depth knowledge of industry standard EDA tools and proficiency in programming and scripting languages, such as TCL, Perl, Python, and C++
Ways to stand out from the crowd
- Experience applying ML models, LLMs, and agentic AI techniques to EDA/PD problems (analytics, prediction, optimization)
- Proficiency with data analysis/ML libraries (e.g., NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch, etc.)
- Proficiency in Cadence EDA tool suite – Innovus/genus/tempus/quantus/joules etc.
NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. And due to outstanding growth, our teams are rapidly growing. Are you passionate about becoming a part of a best-in-class team supporting the latest in GPU and AI technology? If so, we want to hear from you!
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: 168,000 USD – 264,500 USD for Level 4; and 196,000 USD – 310,500 USD for Level 5.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
