Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer - Hardware

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Presencial; USD 196.000 - 368.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a seasoned FPGA prototyping engineer to craft prototypes for our next generation GPUs and SOCs. The role involves making RTL FPGA-friendly, partitioning designs, guiding synthesis and place-and-route, and improving timing through rigorous analysis.

You will bring up designs on FPGA platforms, generate bit streams, and support customers with field issues. Strong collaboration with architects, verification engineers, and SW teams is essential.

Formación

• BS (or equivalent) in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field with 12+ years, or MS with 10+ years proven FPGA prototyping experience.
• Experience with FPGA prototyping architecture, devices, flows and tools.
• Backend flows of FPGA prototyping – Synthesis, P&R and timing closure, with Protocompiler/VPS and Vivado.
• Exposure to ASIC design/verification tools (VCS or equivalent, Verdi, GDB).
• Knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog and digital design concepts.
• Good debugging and problem solving skills.
• Hands-on lab FPGA debug methodologies and equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).

Responsabilidades

• Build FPGA prototypes by making RTL FPGA-friendly, partitioning the design and taking it through synthesis and place and route.
• Improve prototype performance, analyze timing and generate bit streams.
• Bring up designs on FPGA prototyping platforms and solve problems.
• Release prototypes to customers and provide support for issues.
• Define configurations, develop bringup/testing infrastructure and verify design correctness.
• Coordinate with architects, designers, verification engineers, and software teams to complete tasks.

Conocimientos

Verilog

SystemVerilog

FPGA prototyping

Lab debugging

Scripting (Perl/Shell/Tcl)

Educación

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering (plus 10+ years)

Herramientas

Synopsys Protocompiler

Siemens VPS

Xilinx Vivado

VCS

Verdi

GDB

ChipScope

Descripción del empleo

Are you passionate about FPGA prototyping? Are you interested in pushing the boundaries of innovation to make FPGA prototypes faster and more efficient? Can you work in a fast-paced environment that requires coordination between many teams across geographies and resolving sophisticated problems daily? If so, we are looking for hardworking engineers who will craft FPGA prototypes of our next generation GPUs and SOCs on standard FPGA prototyping platforms.

What you'll be doing:

• Build FPGA prototypes by making RTL FPGA-friendly, partitioning the design and taking it through synthesis and place and route.
• Improve performance of the prototype, analyze timing and generate bit streams.
• Bring up the design on FPGA prototyping platforms and indulge in problem solving.
• Release the prototype to the customers and support them when they face problems.
• You are expected to understand the design and implementation, define the configurations, develop/modify the bringup and testing infrastructure and verify the correctness of the design.
• Good coordination with architects, designers, verification engineers, and SW teams will be needed to accomplish your tasks.

What we need to see:

• BS (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields with 12+ years of experience, or MS with 10+ years of proven experience in FPGA prototyping.
• Good understanding of FPGA prototyping architecture, devices, flows and tools.
• Experience in backend flows of FPGA Prototyping - Synthesis, P&R and Timing closure, with emphasis on Synopsys Protocompiler or Siemens VPS and Xilinx Vivado
• Exposure to ASIC design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent, Verdi, GDB).
• Knowledge of Verilog, System Verilog and digital design concepts.
• Good debugging and problem solving skills.
• Hands on experience with lab FPGA debug methodologies, tools (Identify or ChipScope), and lab debug equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Scripting knowledge (Perl/shell/Tcl) is desired.
• Good documentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with memory bring up of Memory (LPDDR5/6, DDR5/6), CXL/PCIE and/or high speed I/F such as USB4/3 is desirable
• Prior experience with hardware emulation or prototyping (Synopsys HAPS or Siemens ProFPGA) of a high-performance processor or SOC is a plus.

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI— the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a "learning machine" that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to solve, that only we can tackle, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work, to amplify human imagination and intelligence. Make the choice to join us today!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5, and 232,000 USD - 368,000 USD for Level 6.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 24, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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