Senior Digital Design Engineer

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 368,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Digital Design Engineer to join the NVLink Fusion team in Santa Clara, CA. You will design high-speed RTL blocks for AI infrastructure, focusing on power, area, and performance.

You’ll craft micro-architecture specs and verify implementations end-to-end. You will collaborate with chip architects, verification engineers, and SoC teams to integrate IP and deliver timing-clean designs, with equity and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of relevant work experience in ASIC/SoC design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze architectural requirements and trade-offs to deliver high-performance RTL blocks.
• Craft micro-architecture specs, implement RTL, and deliver fully verified, timing-clean blocks.
• Collaborate with chip architects, verification engineers, SoC teams to meet block goals and IP integration.

Skills

High-speed protocols knowledge

Collaborative teamwork

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

NVLink

PCIe

Ethernet

UCIE

Job description

We are looking for a 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

• As a key member of the NVLink Fusion design team, you will 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 12+ 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 other objective job-related factors.

The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5; and 232,000 USD - 368,000 USD for Level 6.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 7, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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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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