Senior Circuit Design Engineer - Test-Chip & Silicon Debug

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 311,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in California seeks a Senior Circuit Design Engineer to develop custom circuit IP and bring designs to life on test chips from simulation to post-silicon validation.

Requirements include an MS or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering and 5+ years in transistor-level design with strong digital/mixed-signal expertise. Proficiency in Python, Perl, or Tcl for data analysis is desired. Equity and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of transistor-level circuit design and validation experience.
• Strong understanding of digital or mixed-signal circuit design, synthesis, and timing.
• Hands-on post-silicon bringup, lab measurements, and circuit debug.

Responsibilities

• Design custom circuit IP from architecture and schematic development through layout support and silicon validation.
• Simulate and optimize circuit performance across PVT, variation, and post-layout effects.
• Define test plans and measurement capabilities for test chip IP.
• Own post-silicon bringup and characterization of novel circuit designs on test chips.
• Debug silicon issues, correlate measurements with simulation, and drive design improvements across teams.

Skills

Digital and mixed-signal design

silicon data analysis

Clear cross-team communication

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Python

Perl

Tcl

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in California seeks a Senior Circuit Design Engineer to develop custom circuit IP and bring designs to life on test chips from simulation to post-silicon validation.

Requirements include an MS or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering and 5+ years in transistor-level design with strong digital/mixed-signal expertise. Proficiency in Python, Perl, or Tcl for data analysis is desired. Equity and benefits are offered.