Senior CPU Implementation Methodology Engineer

3 Weeks ago • 6 Years + • Research & Development • $136,000 PA - $264,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior CPU Implementation Methodology Engineer to contribute to its VLSI team. Responsibilities include managing front-end design implementation methodologies (synthesis, formal-equivalence-checking), flow automation, and application support for cutting-edge CPU designs. The role involves generating and implementing new ideas to improve power, performance, and area (PPA) in collaboration with designers and EDA vendors. Strong expertise in synthesis and/or place and route EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence) is essential, along with a deep understanding of logic optimization and physical design implementation. Problem-solving skills and teamwork are crucial.
Must have:
  • 6+ years CPU design implementation experience
  • Deep understanding of logic optimization techniques
  • Power user of Synopsys/Cadence EDA tools
  • Strong understanding of physical design implementation
  • Good debugging and problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Prior CPU experience in physical implementation methodology
  • Proficiency in Perl, Python, Tcl, Make scripting
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

We are looking for a Senior CPU Implementation Methodology Engineer to join our VLSI team! If you are looking for a challenging and exciting role and you are a self-starter and highly motivated individual who loves to collaborate and find solutions to hard technical problems, join us today!

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 fueled the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI - the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to pursue, that only we can tackle, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work, to amplify human creativity and intelligence. Make the choice to join us today.

What you’ll be doing:

  • You will be responsible for all aspects of front-end design implementation methodologies (synthesis, formal-equivalence-checking), flow automation and application support of industry-leading CPU designs.

  • Focus on generating new ideas, proving those, putting together flows/methodologies around those, and incorporating those in NVIDIA’s implementation flow for CPU designs.

  • Use NVIDIA implementation flows and EDA tool expertise to improve PPA (power, performance and area) on CPU designs by collaborating with logic designers, physical designers and EDA vendors

  • Provide support for EDA tools and flows

What we need to see:

  • BS or MS (or equivalent experience)

  • 6+ years of CPU design implementation experience

  • Deep understanding of logic optimization techniques and relative area, timing, and power trade-offs

  • Should be a power user of synthesis and/or place and route EDA tools from Synopsys (DC/FC), Cadence (Genus/Innovus)

  • Strong understanding of physical design implementation eg: physical synthesis, placement, routing, logic restructuring, etc.

  • Good debugging and problem-solving skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills along with the ability to work in a dynamic team

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Prior CPU experience in physical implementation methodology

  • Proficiency in Perl, Python, Tcl, Make scripting

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most experienced and dedicated people in the world working for us. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love the challenge of constant innovation and creating the highest performance products in the industry? If so, we want to hear from you.

The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 264,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Similar Jobs

Google - Student Researcher, BS/MS, Winter/Summer 2025

Google

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
5 Months ago
ByteDance - Research Engineer (Machine Learning Training System) - 2025 Start

ByteDance

Singapore (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Meta - Research Scientist Intern, Language and Multimodal Research for MetaAI (PhD)

Meta

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior Compiler Engineer – Deep Learning

NVIDIA

Redmond, Washington, United States (Remote)
2 Weeks ago
Appier - Senior Software Engineer, Data Backend

Appier

Taipei City, Taiwan (On-Site)
8 Hours ago
Assystems - Ingénieur coordination technique H/F

Assystems

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Normandy, France (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Google - Micro-display CMOS Backplane Architect

Google

Mountain View, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
NVIDIA - Senior Mixed Signal Design Validation Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
NVIDIA - Senior Software Engineer, Deep Learning Inference

NVIDIA

Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Google - Bluetooth Firmware Engineer

Google

New Taipei, New Taipei City, Taiwan (On-Site)
1 Week ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

NVIDIA - System Software Engineer - OpenBMC

NVIDIA

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NVIDIA - Global Developer Relations Account Manager – Ansys

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
ByteDance - Software Engineer, ML System Scheduling

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
NVIDIA - Product Marketing Manager - Inference Optimization Software

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Tencent - Senior Staff Researcher

Tencent

Palo Alto, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Microsoft - Member of Technical Staff, AI Multimodal

Microsoft

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NVIDIA - Senior Developer Technology Engineer, High-Performance Databases

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Samsung Semiconductor - Machine Learning Engineer Intern - PEFT

Samsung Semiconductor

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Meta - Research Engineer - Conversational AI - Reality Labs

Meta

Menlo Park, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
ByteDance - Research Engineer Graduate (Vision AI Platform)

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Santa Clara, California, United States

Riot Games - Sound Designer II

Riot Games

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Days ago
Synechron - Java Developer with Github CoPilot / AI Code Generator

Synechron

Dallas, Texas, United States (On-Site)
6 Hours ago
ByteDance - Tech Lead - IaaS AI Infra- Seattle

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
ByteDance - Software Engineer, Multi Cloud CDN - San Jose / Seattle / Boston

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Google - Customer Engineer, Oracle, Google Cloud

Google

Addison, Texas, United States (On-Site)
2 Days ago
WebFX - Remote Copy/Content Editor

WebFX

United States (Remote)
5 Months ago
VX Media - Social Media Intern

VX Media

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Google - Technical Program Manager III, Software Engineering, Platforms and Devices, Health Team

Google

Mountain View, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
IGT - Marketing Intern

IGT

Providence, Rhode Island, United States (On-Site)
19 Hours ago
Scale AI - Software Engineer, GenAI Growth

Scale AI

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)
1 Day ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Research & Development Jobs

NVIDIA - Senior VLSI Integration Engineer

NVIDIA

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Sony Interactive Entertainment - PlayStation向けカスタムLSIの開発・評価エンジニア

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)
6 Months ago
ByteDance - Software Engineer, Architecture and Infrastructure

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Tencent - Senior Regional Game Operation Manager

Tencent

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Google - ASIC Design Lead, Machine Learning, Silicon

Google

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
NVIDIA - Senior ASIC Verification Engineer - HSIO

NVIDIA

Westford, Massachusetts, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior Technical Instructor - AI and Data Center Infrastructure

NVIDIA

Ra'anana, Center District, Israel (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NVIDIA - Senior System Verification Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Passive Logic - Weather Simulation Engineer

Passive Logic

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
NVIDIA - DFX Methodology Engineer

NVIDIA

Canada (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Massachusetts, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Texas, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)

Santa Clara, California, United States (Hybrid)

Santa Clara, California, United States (Hybrid)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by NVIDIA

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug