Senior Mask Design Engineer – Hardware

NVIDIA’s GPUs and SOCs are the world leaders in power, performance, and efficiency. We are continually innovating to deliver new and creative solutions to extraordinary problems in a wide range of sectors.

About the role

This position will collaborate with the Package Technical Lead and different design teams in designing and developing sophisticated, detailed layout of silicon interposers for NVIDIA products. You will also work with design teams to plan schedules, resolve costs, manufacturing, and electrical design issues.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally with package technical lead (PTL) and I/O signal integrity and technology engineers to deliver solutions for product packages on tight schedules.
• Perform physical layout for silicon interposer using Cadence tools.
• Conduct design feasibility studies to evaluate package design goals for size, cost, and system performance.
• Take part in studying layout floorplan and perform custom layout and verification against design rules and netlists.
• Propose layout design trade-offs to the PTL for resolution and implementation.

Requirements

• Hold a B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years of proven experience in Mask and Layout Design.
• Deep understanding of layout concepts in submicron CMOS technologies.
• Proficiency with Cadence layout tools, particularly Virtuoso.
• Knowledge of Integrity auto-routing is a plus.
• Experience running and debugging verification tools such as Calibre, ICV, Thunder, etc.
• Proficient in scripting languages like Perl, Python, Skill, etc.
• Knowledge of DRC and LVS checking flows, with the ability to customize decks.
• Knowledge of APD package layout tool is a plus.
• Good understanding of packaging technology is useful.
• Ability to work optimally in a team, with strong interpersonal skills, passion, and positive energy.

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 $136,000 USD - $212,750 USD for Level 3, and $168,000 USD - $258,750 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

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