Senior Digital Design Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Senior Digital Design Engineer for its Semi-Custom Silicon products group in Santa Clara. You will craft and implement NVLink Fusion-based AI infrastructure system-on-chips, delivering high-performance RTL blocks and collaborating with architects and verification teams.

The role emphasizes strong analytical and interpersonal skills, with a focus on high-bandwidth datapath blocks and complex ASIC design flows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with high-speed connectivity protocols such as NVLink, PCI-Express, Ethernet, UCIE, etc.
• Proven track record delivering high bandwidth datapath blocks (data movers, protocol adaptors, network-on-chip, arbiters, schedulers).
• Deep understanding of ASIC design flows and methodology.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, team-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Analyze architectural requirements and perform trade-off analysis to deliver high performance, area- and power-efficient RTL blocks.
• Craft micro-architecture specifications, implement in RTL, and deliver fully verified blocks.
• Collaborate with chip architects, verification engineers, formal verification engineers, and SoC integration engineers to meet block goals.
• Identify potential IP solutions for specific use cases and assist in selecting and integrating IP.

Skills

RTL design

ASIC design flows

NVLink

PCIe

Ethernet

SoC integration

Data path blocks

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Electrical/Computer Eng degree

Tools

Verilog/SystemVerilog

EDA tools

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Digital Design Engineer to join our Semi-Custom Silicon products group. In this role, you will join a group of hard working engineers crafting and implementing NVLink Fusion based AI infrastructure System-on-Chips. You will get a chance to create real impact in a dynamic, industry leading, technology-focused company, while working on NVLink Fusion technology. NVLink Fusion is the enabler for the next generation of standardized rack-scale AI connectivity.

What you’ll be doing:

• Analyze the architectural requirements, perform the trade-off analysis for implementation, and deliver high performance, area and power efficient RTL blocks.
• Craft micro-architecture specification, implement in high-quality RTL, and deliver a fully verified, synthesis and timing clean block.
• Collaborate with chip architects, verification engineers, formal verification engineers, and SoC integration engineers in order to meet the goals of the block in a timely manner.
• Identify potential IP solutions for specific use cases and assist in selecting, customizing and integrating the right IP solutions.

What we need to see:

• Bachelors or Master's Degree, or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience working with high-speed connectivity protocols such as NVLink, PCI-Express, Ethernet, UCIE etc.
• Proven track record of delivering high bandwidth datapath blocks such as data movers, protocol adaptors, network-on-chip, arbiters and schedulers etc.
• Deep understanding of ASIC design flows and methodology
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, excellent teammate

With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us, and, due to outstanding growth, our special engineering teams are growing fast. If you're a creative and autonomous professional with a genuine passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 7, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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