Senior Physical Design Engineer

NVIDIA
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 136,000 - 218,500 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Synopsys","Cadence","Place and route","Timing tools","DFT"]

Drive physical design and timing from netlist to GDS in a high-performance semiconductor environment. Collaborate with mixed-signal and front-end teams to ensure robust timing, RC extraction, and verification through DRC/EC/ LVS checks, enabling scalable, low-power designs for NVIDIA GPUs.

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4 months ago

Senior Physical Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Drive physical design and timing from netlist to GDS in a high-performance semiconductor environment. Collaborate with mixed-signal and front-end teams to ensure robust timing, RC extraction, and verification through DRC/EC/ LVS checks, enabling scalable, low-power designs for NVIDIA GPUs.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive physical design and timing from netlist to GDS
  • •Partner with mixed signal teams to integrate Analog IOs and macros
  • •Work on multi-mode and multi-corner timing closure, RC extraction, cross talk, IR drop and EM analysis
  • •Work with Front-end teams to create and update timing constraints
  • •Perform physical verification DRC, ERC, LVS, antenna checks and other checks

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 136,000 - 218,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years of experience or MS with 2+ years in physical design
  • •Experience with Synopsys or Cadence place-and-route, physical design and timing tools
  • •Ability to formulate methodologies and automate flows
  • •Scan insertion and DFT knowledge is a plus
  • •Strong understanding of timing closure, RC extraction, cross-talk, IR drop and EM analysis
Experience:5+ yearsSemiconductorHardware
Skills:SynopsysCadencePlace and routeTiming toolsDFT
Tech Stack:SynopsysCadenceTiming toolsDFTRC extractionDRCLVS

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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