Physical Verification Engineer

Job Title

Physical Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Work on physical verification of ASIC and SoC layouts to ensure tapeout readiness. The role runs signoff-quality checks, debugs violations, and improves verification flows while collaborating with physical design, custom layout, methodology, CAD, and foundry-facing teams.

Experience Level

Entry-level / Early Career - typical candidates have 2+ years of relevant experience in physical verification, backend implementation, or VLSI signoff.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include executing verification flows, identifying root causes of violations, and improving signoff robustness.

• Run and analyze DRC, LVS, antenna, and other tapeout-quality checks.
• Debug physical verification violations and partner with design teams to drive clean closure.
• Review layout, netlist, and runset interactions to identify root causes and recommend fixes.
• Support full-chip and block-level verification readiness across implementation milestones.
• Improve verification flow quality, turnaround time, and automation.
• Collaborate with methodology, CAD, and foundry-facing teams on rule interpretation and signoff quality.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• 2+ years of experience in physical verification, backend implementation, or VLSI signoff.
• Strong practical understanding of DRC, LVS, antenna, and layout verification concepts.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Calibre, ICV, Pegasus, or equivalent physical verification tools.
• Ability to debug verification issues across layout, extracted views, and netlist connectivity.
• Scripting ability in Tcl, Perl, Python, or shell for automation and debugging.
• Strong collaboration skills and attention to detail.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with advanced-node signoff and foundry rule decks.
• Familiarity with stream-out/OASIS or GDSII generation and tapeout readiness flows.
• Experience improving PV automation, dashboards, or regression infrastructure.

Education Requirements

B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, 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.