Senior VLSI Physical Design Integration Engineer

Job Title

Senior VLSI Physical Design Integration Engineer

Role Summary

Lead integration of RTL and netlists through physical implementation for NVIDIA networking products, collaborating with front-end, timing, and physical-design teams across the USA, Israel, and India.

Work spans synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, verification (LVS/DRC), formal checks, and tool/flow automation to deliver tapeout-ready GDSII.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 5+ years of experience in VLSI physical design implementation on advanced process nodes (16nm, 7nm, 5nm, or 3nm).

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include integration, verification, and automation across the RTL-to-GDS flow.

• Run integration flows to build RTL, perform connectivity checks, and assemble logical units.
• Perform linting and debug RTL and netlist-level issues; implement fixes with front-end teams.
• Manage project-level cell libraries to ensure cross-workflow compatibility.
• Run synthesis flows and optimize for area, power, and timing.
• Execute physical design flow from netlist to GDS; perform STA, LVS, and DRC.
• Run netlist checks and formal equivalence validation.
• Improve tool automation, streamline workflows, and document best practices.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience.

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on VLSI physical design implementation experience on 16nm, 7nm, 5nm, or 3nm technologies.
• Proven experience with synthesis, place-and-route (P&R), timing closure and signoff, and STA.
• Experience with physical verification flows (LVS, DRC) and formal equivalence/netlist checks.
• Skilled at debugging RTL and netlist issues and working with front-end teams to deliver physically-viable netlists.
• Experience developing and debugging design flows and enhancing tool automation and workflows.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with networking product designs or tapeout projects.
• Experience managing cell libraries across multiple workflows and teams.
• Experience collaborating across geographically distributed teams (e.g., USA, Israel, India).

Education Requirements

BSEE or MSEE, 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.