ASIC CAD Engineer, Clocks Methodology

Overview

• NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years.
• It’s a unique legacy of innovation fueled by groundbreaking technology and amazing people.
• Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing.
• An era in which our GPUs power computers, robots, and autonomous vehicles that can understand and interact with the world.
• Achieving what has never been done before requires vision, innovation, and exceptional talent.
• As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.
• Join us and help make a lasting impact on the world.
• The Clocks Design Methodology Team develops advanced clocking methodologies and custom CAD solutions to address the increasing complexity and scale of next-generation chips.
• As part of the NVQuartz Team, we build scalable tools and methodologies that enable heterogeneous hardware designs across NVIDIA's product portfolio, including SoCs, CPUs, GPUs, and Networking products.
• Our mission is to improve engineering productivity, design quality, and scalability by developing innovative automation, validation frameworks, and methodologies used across the company.
• What You'll Be Doing: Own the validation of clocking methodology solutions for hardware clocking designs across multiple product lines.
• Understand design requirements and develop robust validation strategies, automation, quality checks, debug infrastructure, bug fixes, and productization workflows.
• Solve complex engineering problems by developing scalable methodology and automation solutions that work across multiple chip architectures.
• Develop and maintain tools using C++, Python, Perl, Tcl, and NVIDIA's internal compilers, frameworks, and CAD infrastructure.
• Partner closely with design, verification, architecture, and methodology teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality tool capabilities.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance engineers to ensure robust, production-ready methodology releases.
• Work effectively with engineering teams across multiple geographies and time zones.
• What We Need to See: BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience).
• 1+ years of experience and strong understanding of digital logic design and computer architecture.
• Solid software engineering skills with expertise in C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python, Perl, and Tcl.
• Experience developing CAD tools, engineering automation, or software infrastructure.
• Understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software design principles.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to independently drive technical solutions.
• Experience building tools for hardware engineering teams is highly desirable.
• Exposure to VLSI design flows, clocking methodologies, or physical design is a plus.
• We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking engineers in the world, and our world-class engineering teams continue to grow rapidly.
• If you're creative, curious, passionate about technology, and excited to solve challenging problems at scale, we'd love to hear from you.