Senior ASIC Floorplan Design Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior ASIC Floorplan Design Engineer
Role Summary
Design and implement floorplans for SOCs, CPUs, and GPUs. Work with architects, RTL designers, physical design, and packaging teams to optimize area, performance, power, and cost across multiple product lines.
Role contributes to next-generation compute and AI products by defining and executing robust floorplanning and physical-design strategies.
Experience Level
Senior — the posting specifies 10+ years of relevant ASIC/SoC physical-design and subsystem development experience.
Responsibilities
Core responsibilities include technical leadership of floorplan and physical-design activities and delivery of automation to improve productivity.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to define and optimize chip floorplans for area, performance, power, and cost.
- Drive floorplan development and partner with ASIC and physical-design teams to identify and resolve technical issues.
- Develop automation, AI workflows, and productivity tools to improve area optimization and execution speed.
- Identify technical and product risks and coordinate mitigation with engineering and management.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; items labeled "Preferred" are useful but not mandatory.
- Must-have: 10+ years of experience in SOC, CPU, graphics, memory, and I/O sub-systems development.
- Must-have: Practical experience with physical design methodologies, floorplanning, power/clock/reset distribution, DFT, place-and-route, timing closure, and packaging.
- Must-have: Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, Perl, and/or C++).
- Must-have: Strong written and verbal technical communication skills and ability to coordinate across engineering teams.
- Preferred: Experience developing AI-based or automated workflows for area optimization and design productivity.
- Preferred: Proven ability to multi-task and resolve complex cross-team technical issues.
Education Requirements
Advertised: MSEE / MSCE or equivalent practical experience in chip development. Equivalent industry experience is explicitly acceptable.
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.
