Senior VLSI Physical Design and Algorithms Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior VLSI Physical Design and Algorithms Engineer
Role Summary
Senior engineer on the VLSI physical design team focused on developing and optimizing algorithms for placement and global routing to support next-generation NVIDIA architectures. The role entails implementing high-performance software and working with hardware architects and EDA tool flows to improve design quality and turnaround time.
Experience Level
Senior — title indicates senior-level responsibility and technical leadership.
Responsibilities
Core responsibilities include algorithm design, implementation, and cross-functional integration.
- Design and implement algorithms for placement and global routing with attention to quality-of-result and runtime.
- Write and optimize high-performance C++ code for large-scale VLSI datasets.
- Integrate algorithms into existing EDA flows and validate against physical constraints and silicon requirements.
- Profile and optimize memory usage and execution time; apply computational geometry techniques.
- Collaborate with hardware architects, verification teams, and other software engineers to meet project targets.
- Drive technical decisions, produce design documents, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
Minimum technical skills and experience required for this role.
- Strong professional experience in C++ and software engineering for performance-sensitive applications.
- Proven expertise in computational geometry and algorithm development for placement/routing problems.
- Demonstrated experience with VLSI physical design flows and constraints (placement, global routing, timing/mask considerations).
- Ability to analyze and optimize runtime and memory for large-scale design problems.
- Excellent debugging, code-profiling, and system-integration skills.
- Good communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional work with architects and EDA teams.
- Nice-to-have: experience with parallel algorithms, scripting (Python), and familiarity with commercial or academic EDA tools.
Education Requirements
Not specified.
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.
