Senior Physical Design Engineer - Lead 5nm ASICs + Equity

NVIDIA; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 168,000 - 310,500; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

A leading technology company in Austin, Texas, seeks a Senior Physical Design Engineer to oversee the physical design and implementation of GPUs and ASICs. Ideal candidates will have at least 8 years of experience and a strong command of VLSI design, including expertise in timing closure and CAD tools like Synopsys and Cadence. The role offers a competitive salary range of $168,000 - $310,500 based on experience, alongside equity and benefits, in a diverse and innovative workplace.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in large VLSI physical design implementation on 5nm, 4nm and 3nm technology.
• Confirmed prior experience in timing closure, clock/power distribution and analysis, RC extraction and correlation.
• Deep understanding of custom macro blocks such as RAMs, CAMs, high-speed IO drivers, PLLs.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of physical design and implementation of GPU and other ASICs.
• Establishing physical design methodologies and flow automation.
• Craft designs for static timing analysis, power and noise analysis and back-end verification.

Skills

Power, Performance and Area improvement Initiatives

Timing analysis

Physical Verification

IR Drop Analysis CAD tools

Python

Perl

Tcl

Education

BSEE or MSEE

Tools

Synopsys (ICC2/DC/PT/STAR-RC/ICV)

Cadence (Innovus, Tempus, SeaHawk)

Mentor Graphics

Job description

A leading technology company in Austin, Texas, seeks a Senior Physical Design Engineer to oversee the physical design and implementation of GPUs and ASICs. Ideal candidates will have at least 8 years of experience and a strong command of VLSI design, including expertise in timing closure and CAD tools like Synopsys and Cadence. The role offers a competitive salary range of $168,000 - $310,500 based on experience, alongside equity and benefits, in a diverse and innovative workplace.