CAD Layout Design Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a CAD Layout Design Engineer to join the Layout Methodology team. You will help speed layout creation, improve productivity and reduce time-to-market for SRAM and analog blocks, and explore new technology through PCELL development.

The role requires BE/M-Tech, 5+ years of experience, expertise in Cadence SKILL, and strong scripting in Python, Perl, and Shell, plus excellent collaboration and communication across design groups.

Qualifications

• BE/M-Tech in Electrical & Electronics or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Tape out experience in SRAM/Analog layout design.
• Experience in advanced technology nodes like 5, 3 or 2 nanometers.
• Solid proficiency in Cadence SKILL language.
• Experience with PCELL development.
• Scripting skills in Python, Perl, Shell.
• Good social skills and be an excellent teammate.
• Excellent presentation and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Speed up layout creation and improve time-to-market for SRAM layouts.
• Study new technology and enable design teams to start with advanced layouts.
• Create digital IP to enable layout work in new technology: PCELLs and leaf cells.
• Coordinate analysis of new technology and translate into EMIR/DFM guidelines.
• Investigate next generation tools for layout creation.
• Investigate machine learning/deep learning techniques for layout creation.

Skills

Python

Perl

Shell

Cadence SKILL

Education

BE/M-Tech in Electrical & Electronics or equivalent experience

Tools

PCELL development

Job description

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself. Our invention of the GPU sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. Today, research in artificial intelligence is booming worldwide, which calls for highly scalable and massively parallel computation horsepower that NVIDIA GPUs excel. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to solve, that only we can address, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work , to amplify human creativity and intelligence. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join our diverse team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world!

We are now looking for a CAD Layout Design Engineer!

What you'll be doing:

You will be part of the groundbreaking "Layout Methodology" team with a charter to speed up layout creation, productivity and improve time to market of Nvidia digital IP like SRAM layouts and other custom Analog layout blocks. Be the first to conduct an in-depth study of new technology and enable the rest of the design teams to seamlessly start off on new/advanced layout technology. Responsible for creating digital IP to enable layout work in new technology: PCELL creation, SRAM leaf cells, Productivity Scripts. Coordinate analysis of new technology and translating into guidelines for EMIR, DFM, SRAM layout guidelines etc. Investigate next generation tools for layout creation. Investigate the applications of Machine Learning / Deep Learning / LLM techniques for layout creation.

What we need to see:

• BE/M-Tech in Electrical & Electronics or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Proven project cycle and tape out experience in SRAM/Analog layout design.
• Experience in advanced technology nodes like 5,3 or 2 nanometers is a must.
• Solid proficiency / expertise in the Cadence SKILL language is a requirement for this job.
• Experience with PCELL development is a big requirement.
• Solid scripting skills in Python, Perl, Shell is a requirement.
• Good social skills and be an excellent teammate.
• Excellent presentation and influencing skills and ability to communicate new ideas/tools to other groups.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers.

We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our elite engineering teams are rapidly growing.

If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

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