Nvidia Senior Physical Design Methodology Engineer 

United States, California 

504959725

What you will be doing:

• Work on the development and layout of novel integrated photonic devices for high-speed optical interconnect and sensing applications.

• Developing physical design methodologies for implementation of graphics processors and SOCs.

• Key responsibility includes developing unique and creative solutions to the state of the art physical design problems that are needed for NVIDIA chips.

• Participate in developing flow and tool methodologies for chip floorplan, waveguide routing, pcell deveploment, chip assembly, and back-end verification across multiple projects.

• Conduct chip layout circuit design, circuit checking, and device evaluation and characterization.

What we need to see:

• MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)

• Minimum 5 years experience in Physical Design Engineering

• Familiar with aspects of chip design including Floor planning, Clock and Power distribution, Place and Route, Integration and Verification.

• Strong background with hierarchical design approach, top-down design.

• Familiar with various process related design issues including Design for Yield and Manufacturability, EM and IR closure and thermal management.

• You'll need to have expertise and in-depth knowledge of industry standard EDA tools.

• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages, such as, Perl, Python, and C++.