NVIDIA is seeking an Emulation Front-End Infrastructure Engineer to join their Emulation Infrastructure team in Santa Clara, CA. This role focuses on developing and maintaining front-end compilation and synthesis flows for NVIDIA's hardware emulation platforms. The engineer will work closely with internal design teams and EDA vendors to diagnose and resolve complex issues. Additionally, the role involves exploring AI techniques to enhance flow automation and improve overall performance.

• A BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or an MS degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with RTL compilation, synthesis, front-end design implementation, and flow automation.
• Working proficiency in Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Strong understanding of RTL elaboration, synthesis, logic optimization, and front-end design methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with front-end synthesis and compilation EDA tools, including Synopsys Design Compiler, ZeBu Compiler, and Cadence HDL-ICE.
• Strong automation and scripting skills in Python, Perl, Tcl, shell scripting, and Makefile-based flows.
• Experience running high volumes of jobs on distributed compute farms using workload schedulers such as LSF or Slurm.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Own and evolve front-end compilation, synthesis, and flow infrastructure for NVIDIA hardware emulation platforms.
• Develop, maintain, and automate robust compilation and synthesis flows using scripting and industry-leading EDA tools.
• Run, analyze, and debug regular compilation and synthesis regressions.
• Explore and apply AI techniques to improve flow automation and triage compilation failures.
• Evaluate, deploy, and support EDA tools and methodologies for front-end implementation and emulation compilation.
• Diagnose complex compilation, elaboration, synthesis, and implementation issues.
• Improve flow performance, reliability, scalability, usability, and observability across a large-scale hardware development environment.

• 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.