Senior ASIC Physical Design Engineer, Netlisting

Job Description

NVIDIA is seeking a motivated Senior ASIC Physical Design Engineer, Netlisting to join their dynamic team.

Requirements

• BS (or equivalent experience) in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years’ experience or MS (or equivalent experience) with 3+ years’ experience.
• Expertise in logic equivalence checking/FV required from RTL to tapeout with industry-standard tools.
• Deep understanding of hardware architecture and hands-on skills in RTL/logic design for timing closure.
• Experience in clock-domain-crossing checking, MTBF analysis, either with industry-standard tools or in-house tools.
• Strong experience in full-chip/sub-chip Static Timing Analysis (STA), timing constraints generation and management, and timing convergence.
• Expertise and in-depth knowledge of industry standard EDA tools in related fields.
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages, such as, Perl, TCL, Make, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Drive physical design of high-frequency and low-power CPUs, GPUs, SoCs at block level, cluster level, and/or full chip level.
• Focus on netlist-related aspects such as equivalence checking, asynchronous checking including clock domain crossing checks and MTBF analysis, logic synthesis, netlist quality checks, etc.
• Help in all aspects of physical design, such as driving timing convergence, timing constraints generation and management, and ECO generation and implementation.

Benefits

• Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.