Senior VLSI CAD Tools Engineer — Equity Eligible

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a talented Software Engineer to join a small team building custom, high-impact VLSI CAD software. You’ll design, develop, and optimize high-capacity design tools in a fast-paced Agile environment, contributing to architecture and code across desktop applications.

The role emphasizes CAD data structures, OO design, and modern languages (C++, Java, or C#) with exposure to AI-assisted development. Level 4/5 salary bands apply, with equity and benefits provided.

Qualifications

• MS CS/CPE or BS CS/CPE (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum 10 years of experience in CAD/EDA tool development
• Skill in CAD data structures and algorithms, especially for physical VLSI design automation
• Expert skills in C++, Java , or C#
• Proficiency with modern software platforms and tools (e.g. C++20, Java 21, git, IDEA/Visual Studio/CLion, unit test frameworks, CI/CD)
• Desire to use sound software design principles in a modern and evolving AI environment
• Able to adapt to the needs of our team’s growing scope and vision
• Experience with AI-based code assistant tools

Responsibilities

• Design, development, review, test, and support of high-capacity and high-performance chip design and visualization tools, with possible tasks ranging from modeling to algorithms
• Writing challenging, innovative, well-designed, high-quality new code for desktop engineering applications
• Participate in a variety of agile practices with fellow developers
• Collaborate with internal engineering customers worldwide to envision new tools and define their requirementsbe doing, *who* they'll be working with, and *how* their work will fit into NVIDIA's work

Skills

CAD/EDA tool development

C++/Java/C#

CI/CD

OO design

AI tooling experience

Agile practices

Education

MS CS/CPE or BS CS/CPE

Tools

git

IDEA/Visual Studio/CLion

unit test frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

C++20

Java 21

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a talented Software Engineer to join a small team building custom, high-impact VLSI CAD software. You’ll design, develop, and optimize high-capacity design tools in a fast-paced Agile environment, contributing to architecture and code across desktop applications.

The role emphasizes CAD data structures, OO design, and modern languages (C++, Java, or C#) with exposure to AI-assisted development. Level 4/5 salary bands apply, with equity and benefits provided.