Senior Physical Design Engineer
| Company | NVIDIA |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA, Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| Salary | $168000 – $368000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- BSEE (MSEE preferred) or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience in large VLSI physical design implementation on 5nm, 4nm and 3nm technology
- Successful track record of delivering designs to production
- Experience in Power, Performance and Area improvement Initiatives is a plus
- 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
- Prior experience in timing closure, clock/power distribution and analysis, RC extraction and correlation, place/route and tapeout solutions
- Strong analytical and debugging skills required
- Proficiency using Python, Perl, Tcl, Make scripting is helpful
Responsibilities
- Responsible for all aspects of physical design and implementation of GPU and other ASICs targeted at the desktop, laptop, workstation, and mobile markets
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Power, Performance and Area improvement Initiatives is a plus
- Proficiency using Python, Perl, Tcl, Make scripting is helpful