Senior CPU Tooling & NoC/SoC Automation Engineer

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 265,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a Senior CPU Tooling and Design Automation Engineer to advance CPU tooling for AI, HPC, CSP, gaming, and autonomous vehicles.

You will develop CAD tools for CPU/Fabric teams, build NoC/SoC tooling, and work with architects and designers to enable productivity and scalable automation across the chip design flow.

This role offers equity and benefits, and applications close Aug 7, 2026. NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of experience in EDA tool development and design flows.
• Proficiency with EDA style databases and basic graph algorithms.
• Experience with build flows such as Make and scripting languages.
• Experience deploying in-house EDA tools across groups and resolving flow issues.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Willingness to continuously learn and broaden architectural breadth.

Responsibilities

• Work on CAD tools development for CPU/Fabric teams to improve efficiency.
• Develop NoC/SoC tooling in collaboration with architects and designers.
• Push NoC/SoC tooling to boost productivity.
• Translate chip design flow into tooling feature requirements.
• Develop automation using graph algorithms toward push-button solutions.
• Collaborate across teams to implement cross-team solutions.
• Drive cross-team methodologies for tooling deployment.

Skills

NoC tooling

EDA tool development

Graph algorithms

Scripting languages

Cross-team collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)

Tools

Make

EDA databases

Job description

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a Senior CPU Tooling and Design Automation Engineer to advance CPU tooling for AI, HPC, CSP, gaming, and autonomous vehicles.

You will develop CAD tools for CPU/Fabric teams, build NoC/SoC tooling, and work with architects and designers to enable productivity and scalable automation across the chip design flow.

This role offers equity and benefits, and applications close Aug 7, 2026. NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer.