Nvidia Senior Software Developer VLSI Physical Design 

United States, Texas 

263100099

What you’ll be doing:

• Invent and optimize new methods for floorplanning and chip-level optimization tools.

• Improve designer insight and visualization by extending GUIs built on ImGui and/or OpenGL.

• Develop machine learning strategies to improve efficiency of design space exploration.

• As with any software engineering team, we do write a lot of code, but this is broader than a typical CAD or EDA role. Instead, we as a team own the whole process from discovery and invention of new optimization opportunities, developing solutions, and working directly inside design teams to facilitate deployment. Team members enjoy considerable flexibility in defining new projects and exploring new technical domains due to the breadth of our team's role.

What we need to see:

• BS, MS, PhD or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

• Strength in both CAD software and VLSI hardware design

• 6+ years experience in software development with C++

• Good understanding of computational geometry and graph theory

• Familiarity with VLSI floorplan concepts such as routability, congestion, and partitioning

• Expertise in algorithm development for physical design, analysis, and visualization

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• C++17/C++14 experience, such as lambdas and concurrency

• Experience and/or interest in GUI development using ImGui or OpenGL

• Deep understanding of algorithm design principles such as complexity analysis, efficient memory and I/O use, etc.

• In general, an obsession with performance and the practical skills to build highly innovative software for world leading hardware