Senior Custom CAD Engineer – Flow Development - US, CA, Santa Clara
3 days ago
Job description
NVIDIA is seeking a highly motivated and talented CAD Engineer to join our Advanced Technologies group, focusing on mission-critical infrastructure for custom circuit macro validation and release. This role will play a key role in developing, maintaining, and enhancing flows that ensure the integrity and quality of custom circuit macros across all NVIDIA chips. This position offers opportunities to collaborate with a diverse team of experts and to contribute to other CAD projects within the organization
What you'll be doing:
Develop, support, and enhance internal flows used to run a sequence of checks on custom circuit macros, ensuring compliance with hierarchy, layout, and netlisting requirements.
Validate that macro layouts adhere to all agreements required by place and route, and facilitate successful integration into chip-level designs.
Develop and maintain ICV decks, SKILL code, Perl and Python scripts, and Thunder utilities to rigorously validate layouts and schematics.
Develop the release process that is used for custom macros, ensuring high standards of quality and reliability.
Collaborate with other CAD engineers, standard cell, RAM, and mixed-signal cell designers, place and route engineers, library infrastructure teams, and packaging designers to specify new checks and improve existing ones.
Participate in the ongoing development and support of mission-critical infrastructure.
Opportunity to contribute to other CAD projects outside the core responsibilities of this role.
What we need to see:
B.S. (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience, or M.S. in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years' experience.
Excellent programming skills, with proficiency in Perl, Python, and Cadence SKILL.
Solid understanding of custom circuit design, layout, hierarchy, and netlisting.
Experience with macro validation flows and release processes.
Familiarity with ICV decks, Thunder utilities, and EDA tool integration.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for supporting end-users and working across multidisciplinary teams.
Enthusiasm for contributing to mission-critical infrastructure and driving continuous improvement.
Experience with version control system, like Perforce
Familiarity with LSF or similar job scheduling systems for distributed computing.
NVIDIA is home to some of the most innovative and dedicated engineers in the world. As our teams continue to grow, we are looking for creative and autonomous engineers who are passionate about technology and excellence. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we want to hear from you
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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 - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for LevelYou will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until February 1, 2026.This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.Similar jobs
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