NVIDIAPhysical Design STA CAD Engineer
NVIDIA is hiring a Physical Design STA CAD Engineer. Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.
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- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- Some of the work can be done remotely, according to the posting.
- The posting mentions Primetime, Primepower and Redhawk among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
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Develop physical design, STA, and power integrity flows and methodologies for networking chips and SOCs.
NVIDIA is looking for best-in-class Physical Design CAD Engineer to join our outstanding Networking Silicon engineering team, developing the industry's best high speed communication devices, delivering the highest throughput and lowest latency! Come and take a part in designing our groundbreaking and innovating chips, enjoy working in a meaningful, growing and highly professional environment where you make a significant impact in a technology-focused company.
What you'll be doing:
You will be developing physical design, STA, Logic eq, Power Integrity flows and methodologies for implementation of networking chips and SOCs.
Work closely with block owners, full Chip STA engineers to assure high quality and timely convergence.
Come up with unique and creative solutions to the state of the art physical design problems that are needed for Our chips.
Additional responsibilities include participating and developing flow and tool methodologies for timing analysis and closure, power and noise analysis, IR-drop, EM and back-end verification across multiple projects.
What we need to see:
B.SC./ M.SC. in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
2+ years of fulltime relevant experience in the areas listed below.
Proven experience and strong knowledge in key technical domains, including: Physical Design, Backend CAD (Computer-Aided Design), STA (Static Timing Analysis) and Timing closure methodologies.
Familiarity with industry-standard tools like PrimeTime (STA) and PrimePower (Power Estimation).
Self-motivation, attention to detail, and good written, verbal, and presentation skills are critical to success in this role.
Strong sense of ownership, self-learning skills, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively with internal and global teams
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
Experience in Signoff domains: STA (PrimeTime), Power Estimation (PrimePower), Power Integrity (RedHawk), Formal eq. (Formality)
Knowledge in Tcl/Perl/Python
Versatile
Great teammate
NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking people in the world working for us. Are you a creative and autonomous engineer who loves a challenge? Are you ready to become the engineer you always wanted to be? Come and be part of the best physical design team in the industry!
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How we rate this
Physical Design STA CAD Engineer at NVIDIA rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
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- Tell me about a project where physical design was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where static timing analysis was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cad was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where power integrity was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Primetime in your day-to-day work.
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- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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