Senior Physical Design Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior Physical Design Engineer
Role Summary
Senior engineer on NVIDIA's Networking Silicon physical design team responsible for leading physical implementation of SoC and chiplet-level designs for high-speed communication devices. The role focuses on floorplanning, power/clock distribution, place & route, timing closure, and physical verification to deliver production chips.
This position contributes to physical design methodology, flow automation, and cross-team chip delivery processes.
Experience Level
Senior — typically 5+ years of relevant VLSI physical design experience; this posting specifies experience on advanced process nodes (5nm, 4nm, 3nm).
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include leading and executing physical design tasks across partition and chiplet levels and contributing to design flow and methodology.
- Lead physical design and implementation (RTL-to-GDS) for SoC/chiplet devices targeted at networking products.
- Define and execute floorplan, power and clock distribution, place & route, and timing closure strategies.
- Perform power, noise, IR drop, extraction, and physical verification analyses and correlation.
- Drive automation and methodology improvements for physical design flows; participate in CAD/flow debugging.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve tapeout and production delivery.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience to perform the role.
- 5+ years experience in VLSI physical design implementation on advanced nodes (5nm, 4nm, 3nm).
- Proven track record of delivering designs to production (tapeout experience required).
- Experienced power user of P&R, timing analysis, physical verification, and IR drop tools from Synopsys, Cadence, and other major EDA vendors (examples: ICC2, DC, PT, STAR, ICV, Genus, Innovus, Tempus).
- Hands-on experience in timing closure, clock and power distribution design and analysis, RC extraction and correlation, and place/route strategies.
- Strong analytical and hardware debugging skills.
- Familiarity with scripting for automation (Python, Perl, Tcl, Make) is helpful.
- Ability to work effectively in a team and contribute to process improvement.
Education Requirements
Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE / MSEE) or equivalent practical experience in VLSI physical design.
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.
