Senior ASIC Floorplan Design Engineer

NVIDIA is seeking a talented ASIC Floorplan Engineer to design and implement the world’s leading SoCs and GPUs. This position offers a unique opportunity to craft and influence the design and development of the next-generation GPU and SoC, allowing you to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company impacting product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and artificial intelligence.

About the role

We have crafted a team of exceptional people stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing.

Responsibilities

• Work with architects, design leads, physical design leads, and package leads to develop, craft, and optimize floorplans during early chip development.
• Drive the area review process and collaborate with the ASIC design team to identify area, interconnect, and floorplan improvement opportunities.
• Solve timing and routing congestion issues with physical and ASIC design teams by influencing early design and physical implementation decisions.
• Build tools and improve existing infrastructure to optimize chip area and speed of execution.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of relevant work experience.
• A deep hardware engineering background with a concentration in VLSI and/or Computer Architecture.
• Experience in Verilog, System Verilog, or similar HVL.
• Experience with CAD and physical design methodologies (flow and tool development), chip floorplan, power/clock distribution, packaging, P&R, and timing closure.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability and desire to work as a great teammate.
• Python, Perl, and C/C++ programming language experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in driving development of large-scale ASIC floorplan is a huge plus.

Pay

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is $196,000 – $310,500 USD for Level 5, and $232,000 – $368,000 USD for Level 6. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.