Senior Chip Design Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior Chip Design Engineer
Role Summary
Join the Switch Silicon design team to design, implement, and verify RTL units for high‑speed switch silicon. The role combines micro‑architecture, RTL design and verification to deliver chips with high throughput and low latency.
Work across architecture, back‑end and firmware teams to take modules from specification through silicon.
Experience Level
Senior — typically requires 5+ years of experience in RTL design and/or dynamic verification.
Responsibilities
Accountable for design and verification of switch silicon modules across the development lifecycle.
- Develop and verify RTL units/blocks based on architectural specifications with focus on power, area and performance.
- Define micro‑architecture and plan simulation environments for units and modules.
- Build reference models and perform verification and simulation of chip blocks/entities.
- Perform RTL synthesis, timing analysis, and support verification and post‑silicon activities.
- Collaborate with Architecture, full‑chip micro‑architecture, back‑end and firmware teams.
Requirements
Must-have skills and experience for successful candidates.
- 5+ years experience in RTL design and/or dynamic verification.
- Proven ability to design and verify RTL under performance, area and power constraints.
- Experience with simulation environments and reference model development.
- Experience supporting synthesis, timing closure, verification and post‑silicon validation.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Nice to have: prior experience with networking or switch silicon design.
Education Requirements
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. Completion of programming and logic design courses.
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.
