Front-End Integration Engineer

Job Title

Front-End Integration Engineer

Role Summary

Join NVIDIA's NIC Silicon team within the Networking business unit to build and maintain front-end integration and CI infrastructure for next-generation network adapter silicon. The role focuses on automating EDA flows, maintaining Perforce-based hardware build streams, and ensuring reliable daily and nightly front-end builds.

Experience Level

Entry-level / Early-career — 2+ years of hands-on industry experience in ASIC/SoC front-end integration, CAD, or EDA flow automation.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include operating and improving front-end build pipelines and supporting RTL/verification teams.

• Own and maintain Continuous Integration pipelines for front-end build areas (lint, synthesis, equivalence checking, simulation).
• Automate EDA flows using Python, Tcl, and Shell to integrate Synopsys/Cadence tools into automated pipelines.
• Manage Perforce streams, workspace specs, changelists, and labels for multi-IP branches and hardware build drops.
• Act as primary contact for engineers to debug flow crashes, bottlenecks, environment issues, and CI failures.
• Enforce quality gates with automated pre-checks, linting, and style enforcement before commits to main streams.
• Monitor and optimize compute farm (LSF) and storage usage to reduce pipeline runtime and improve execution efficiency.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• 2+ years practical industry experience in ASIC/SoC front-end integration, CAD, or EDA flow automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with Perforce (P4 / Helix Core): streams, workspace specs, changelists, and labels.
• Proficiency in scripting: Python, Tcl, and Bash/Shell for automation and flow development.
• Practical experience with front-end EDA tools (examples: SpyGlass, Build Compiler, Xcelium).
• Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills to resolve build and flow issues under deadlines.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to coordinate with RTL and verification teams.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience writing Perforce automation (Python scripts) or pre-submit/post-submit triggers to enforce check-in policies.
• Experience building regression reporting, dashboarding, or automated notifications (Slack/Teams) for pipeline health.
• Verification experience.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: NVIDIA

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.