Speed Modeling and Prototyping Engineer

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

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Speed Modeling and Prototyping Engineer at NVIDIA, you'll optimize NVIDIA's chips for consumer, professional, server, mobile, and automotive solutions. Responsibilities include understanding chip hardware features and speed characteristics, developing prototyping/validation strategies, working with senior engineers to prototype features on existing silicon, analyzing feature benefits, understanding silicon behavior across PVT and its correlation to timing, designing tools for automation, and collaborating with various teams to bring products to market. This role requires a strong understanding of hardware engineering, silicon bringup, and proficiency in scripting languages like Perl, C/C++, and Python.
Must have:
  • MS in EE/CE/Systems Engineering
  • 3+ years relevant experience
  • Silicon bringup experience
  • PPA in Pre/Post-Silicon phases
  • Proficiency in Perl, C/C++, Python
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with statistical methods
  • Experience with lab tools
  • Scripting experience
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

NVIDIA is the industry leader in high-performance computing, gaming, and AI. Our GPUs and SOCs provide outstanding performance and efficiency, revolutionizing myriad fields like cell research, robotics, crypto mining, and more. We invented CUDA and revolutionized the AI world, and we are just getting started.

Silicon Solutions Group (SSG) is a wide-ranging, multi-functional team at NVIDIA. We sit at the crossroads of design, architecture, marketing, and productization. Our involvement begins at the arch stage and extends to defining final products. We architect and deliver innovative solutions for various markets like Gaming, Data Centers, Servers, Automotive, and Embedded. We are fast-paced and multifaceted, share a sense of humor, and collaborate extensively to push the boundaries of what is possible. We do all of this with an eye on making ground-breaking impacts in our markets. If this sounds like something you want to do, read on. As part of the Silicon Solutions team at NVIDIA, you will be responsible for creating new features and methodologies to optimize NVIDIA's chips into groundbreaking consumer, professional, server, mobile, and automotive solutions.

What you will be doing:

  • Understand chip HW features and intersection with speed characteristics. Develop state-of-art prototyping/validation strategies for these features.

  • Work in conjunction with senior engineers to prototype features on existing silicon and analyze the benefits of the feature.

  • Understand Silicon behavior across PVT and draw a correlation to timing

  • Designing tools to automate characterization, data collection, test case execution, and results analysis.

  • Collaborating with the best minds in NVIDIA across various teams (System Architecture, PDE, Application Engineering, Product Manager, Sales, and Operations) in a dynamic, creative work environment to bring industry-defining products to market.

What we need to see:

  • MS in EE, CE, Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience)

  • 3+ years of experience in a related hardware engineering position.

  • Previous experience with silicon bringup, frequency and power characterization, PPA in PreSilicon or PostSilicon phases, tester-to-system correlation, lab tools (oscilloscopes, multimeters, DAQ).

  • Familiarity with Perl, C/C++, Python. Exposure to Windows, Linux, and Android OS environments. Scripting experience is a plus.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Some familiarity with statistical methods and tools for data analysis

  • A "go-getter, can get it done" attitude and independent 'out-of-box' thinking.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the world’s most desirable employers in the technology field. If you're creative and ambitious, we want to hear from you!

#LI-Hybrid

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.

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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.

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