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Senior ASIC Design Engineer - Hardware

NVIDIA · Santa Clara, CA · 1 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time

About the role

NVIDIA is seeking best-in-class ASIC Design Engineers to design and implement the world’s leading SoC's and GPU's. This position offers the opportunity to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company impacting product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and the growing field of artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

  • Make architectural trade-offs based on features, performance requirements and system limitations.
  • Implement micro-architecture in RTL and deliver a fully verified, synthesis/timing clean design.
  • Support post-silicon validation activities.
  • Work with architects, other designers, pre- and post-silicon verification teams, synthesis, timing and back-end teams to accomplish tasks.

Requirements

  • Masters Degree (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
  • 5+ years of experience working on ASIC design and development.
  • Experience in micro-architecture and RTL development of complex designs in Verilog.
  • Exposure to Digital systems and VLSI design, Computer Architecture, Computer Arithmetic, CMOS transistors and circuits is required.
  • Understanding of ASIC design flow including RTL design, verification, logic synthesis, prototyping, DFT, timing analysis, floor-planning, ECO, bring-up & lab debug.
  • Prior experience with arbiters, scheduling, synchronization & bus protocols, interconnect networks and/or caches is desirable.

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of PCI-Express (Gen 3 and above) or CXL protocol is very helpful; firsthand design experience on it is a big plus.
  • Python, Perl and C/C++ programming language experience desirable.
  • Good debugging and analytical skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability & desire to work as a great teammate.

Benefits

  • Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
  • The base salary range is $136,000 - $218,500 for Level 3, and $168,000 - $264,500 for Level 4.
  • You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Schedule

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 13, 2026.

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