Senior Chip Design Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Chip Design Engineer in Tel Aviv, Israel. Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Rtl, Verilog and System Verilog among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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Design and implement next-generation switch silicon chips, focusing on high-speed communication and performance.

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We are now looking for a Senior Chip Design Engineer to join our Switch Silicon team. As a Chip Design Engineer at NVIDIA's Networking business unit, you'll join a group of passionate engineers to design and implement the next generation state-of-the-art Switch Silicon chips. In this position, you'll make a real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company while developing the industry's best high-speed communication devices, delivering the highest throughput and lowest latency!

What You'll Be Doing:

Work in a design/verification team which develops core units within the Switch silicon.
Micro-architecture of rtl verification environments planning for units and modules.
Design RTL of units/blocks according to Arch. specifications under challenging constraints with high orientation to power, area, and performance.
RTL synthesis, timing, supporting verification, and silicon post TO activities.
Work closely with multiple teams within organizations such as Architecture, u-arch, Full chip Micro-Architecture, BE, and FW.

What We Need To See:

Electrical Engineering B.Sc. or Computer Engineering B.Sc. graduate with high scores or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in RTL design.
Knowledge in network protocols and/or HPC and distributed calculations - advantage.
A team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.

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. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love the challenge of crafting the highest performance & lowest power silicon possible? If so, we want to hear from you. Come, join our Switch Silicon design team and help us build the next chip in this exciting and quickly growing field.

How we rate this

Senior Chip Design Engineer at NVIDIA rates 10 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.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Senior Chip Design Engineer is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Israel, Tel Aviv.
The job was posted on September 14, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Chip DesignRtl DesignAsicHardware VerificationRtlVerilogSystem Verilog

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Tell me about a project where hardware verification was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Rtl in your day-to-day work.

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