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Physical Design STA Engineer

NVIDIA
2 Locations
Full-time
You apply on NVIDIA's own careers site

You’ll develop physical-design and timing-analysis flows for NVIDIA networking chips and systems-on-chip. The role works closely with block owners and chip-level engineers to resolve implementation issues and deliver timing, power, and verification methodologies.

Permanent
Hybrid
2+ years
Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Skills & Expertise

Physical design
Static timing analysis (STA)
Timing closure
PrimeTime
PrimePower
RedHawk
Formality
Tcl

Key Responsibilities

Develop physical-design, timing, logic-equivalence, and power-integrity flows for networking chips and systems-on-chip.

Coordinate with block owners and chip-level STA engineers to support high-quality, timely convergence.

Develop methodologies for timing closure, power and noise analysis, IR drop, electromigration, and backend verification.

Full Description

NVIDIA is looking for best-in-class Physical Design CAD Engineer to join our outstanding Networking Silicon engineering team, developing the industry's best high speed communication devices, delivering the highest throughput and lowest latency! Come and take a part in designing our groundbreaking and innovating chips, enjoy working in a meaningful, growing and highly professional environment where you make a significant impact in a technology-focused company.

What you'll be doing:

• You will be developing physical design, STA, Logic eq, Power Integrity flows and methodologies for implementation of networking chips and SOCs.

• Work closely with block owners, full Chip STA engineers to assure high quality and timely convergence.

• Come up with unique and creative solutions to the state of the art physical design problems that are needed for Our chips.

• Additional responsibilities include participating and developing flow and tool methodologies for timing analysis and closure, power and noise analysis, IR-drop, EM and back-end verification across multiple projects.

What we need to see:

• B.SC./ M.SC. in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).

• 2+ years of fulltime relevant experience in the areas listed below.

• Proven experience and strong knowledge in key technical domains, including: Physical Design, STA (Static Timing Analysis) and Timing closure methodologies.

• Familiarity with industry-standard tools like PrimeTime (STA) and PrimePower (Power Estimation).

• Self-motivation, attention to detail, and good written, verbal, and presentation skills are critical to success in this role.

• Strong sense of ownership, self-learning skills, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively with internal and global teams

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience in Signoff domains: STA (PrimeTime), Power Estimation (PrimePower), Power Integrity (RedHawk), Formal eq. (Formality), Backend CAD (Computer-Aided Design),

• Knowledge in Tcl/Perl/Python

• Versatile

• Great teammate

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking people in the world working for us. Are you a creative and autonomous engineer who loves a challenge? Are you ready to become the engineer you always wanted to be? Come and be part of the best physical design team in the industry!

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