Nvidia Senior VLSI CAD Engineer - ECO Tools 

United States, Texas 

653190215

What you’ll be doing:

• Innovate across the entire VLSI flow to make incremental recovery and optimization fast and seamless. This will primarily involve C++ and includes improving or replacing in-house algorithms for steps such as incremental CTS (clock tree synthesis), incremental scan insertion, power hookup, placement, timing optimization, etc.

• Educate RTL teams on best practices that you identify and advance.

• Help develop GUIs for design visualization and other tools to boost designer productivity

• Over time, this role can expand to other areas of physical design implementation and analysis tools

• 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, to developing solutions and working directly inside design teams to facilitate deployment.

What we need to see:

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

• 3+ years experience broadly across VLSI, including exposure to synthesis, clocks, DFT, power distribution, timing, and place & route. Previous experience as a physical design engineer would be ideal.

• Proficiency in C++

• Some familiarity with use of SAT solvers and packages for logic minimization

• Insight and interest in boosting design team productivity through intuitive GUIs and APIs

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience with GUI frameworks, especially ImGui or Qt

• Background with synthesis and timing tools, including Design Compiler, Fusion Compiler, and PrimeTime

• Experience in using AI-coding assistants such as Cursor

• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills