Senior CPU Design Engineer

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• Drive the micro-architecture definition, feasibility studies and documentation of CPU sub-systems.
• Implement in RTL and coordinate execution with the verification team to ensure that the design is functional.
• Exercise logic design skills to optimize and meet performance, timing and power targets.
• Deliver a synthesis/timing clean design while working with the physical design team ensuring a routable and physically implementable design.
• Support hardware engineering activities including chip floor plan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly, timing closure, power and noise analysis, and back-end verification.
• Develop flows and tools as necessary in support of design activities.

Requirements

• BS or MS in electrical engineering or computer engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of proven experience in micro-architecture and RTL development of complex, high speed designs, ideally in CPU subsystems.
• Exposure to Computer Architecture and Digital Systems design.
• Highly proficient in logic design, Verilog and/or SystemVerilog, with a deep understanding of physical design and VLSI.
• Strengths in scripting languages such as Perl, Python.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with CPU design and architecture.
• Strong background in digital design and verification.
• Knowledge of VLSI design and physical design principles.
• Experience with CPU power and performance optimization.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Verilog and/or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with CPU micro-architecture design.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• A generous benefits package.
• Opportunity for equity.

Pay

• Base salary range: $168,000 - $264,500 for Level 4, and $196,000 - $310,500 for Level 5.

Schedule

• Full-time.

Contact

For more information, please visit NVIDIA's careers page.