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NVIDIA · 12 hours ago

Senior Physical Design Engineer

positionWestford, MA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$136K/yr - $218K/yr
date5+ years exp

NVIDIA is a leader in AI computing and has been innovating in computer graphics and accelerated computing for over 25 years. They are seeking a Senior Physical Design Engineer to lead the physical design and implementation of SOC devices targeted at networking markets, focusing on high-speed communication devices.

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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 and chiplet 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 designSOC devicesP&R toolsTiming closurePower analysisPythonPerlTclMake scriptingAnalytical skillsTeamwork

Required

BSEE / MSEE or equivalent experience
5 years of experience in VLSI physical design implementation on 5nm, 4nm and 3nm technology
A successful track record of delivering designs to production is a requirement
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

Leadership Team

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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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