Senior ASIC Timing & Physical Design Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Westford (MA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Massachusetts is seeking Senior ASIC Timing Design Engineers to join the Networking Silicon team. You will drive timing for high‑frequency DPUs and SoCs, from RTL to GDS2, including synthesis, ECOs, floorplanning, and timing convergence.

You will collaborate on frontend/backend flows, optimize constraints, and ensure power, performance, and area targets. Base salary ranges will reflect location and experience; equity and benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8 years of experience or MS with 4+ years in Synthesis and Timing.
• Hands-on experience in full-chip/sub-chip STA, timing constraints generation and management, and timing convergence.
• Expertise in analysis and fixing of timing paths through ECOs including crosstalk and noise analysis.
• Expertise in physical design and optimization (placement, routing, cell sizing, buffering, logic restructuring) and ECOs.
• Background in logic synthesis and/or LEC; proficiency with industry tools like PrimeTime/Tempus.

Responsibilities

• Drive physical design and timing of high-frequency, low-power DPUs/SoCs across block, chiplet, and full-chip levels.
• Analyze and optimize constraints and synthesis parameters to meet performance, power, and area targets.
• Lead frontend and backend from RTL to GDS2, including synthesis, EC, floorplanning, timing constraints, and ECO implementation.

Skills

Synthesis

Timing Analysis

STA

ECOs

Python

Tcl

Make

Physical Design

LEC

Automation

Tools

PrimeTime

Tempus

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in Massachusetts is seeking Senior ASIC Timing Design Engineers to join the Networking Silicon team. You will drive timing for high‑frequency DPUs and SoCs, from RTL to GDS2, including synthesis, ECOs, floorplanning, and timing convergence.

You will collaborate on frontend/backend flows, optimize constraints, and ensure power, performance, and area targets. Base salary ranges will reflect location and experience; equity and benefits are provided.