Senior CPU Design Engineer

Job Description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior CPU Design Engineer to design high-performance, low-power CPUs for various product lines including consumer graphics, self-driving cars, and artificial intelligence.

Requirements

• BS or MS in electrical engineering or computer engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of proven experience in micro-architecture and RTL development of complex, high-speed designs, ideally in CPU subsystems
• Exposure to Computer Architecture and Digital Systems design
• Highly proficient in logic design, Verilog and/or SystemVerilog, with a deep understanding of physical design and VLSI
• Strengths in scripting languages such as Perl, Python
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Drive the micro-architecture definition, feasibility studies, and documentation of CPU sub-systems
• Implement in RTL and coordinate execution with the verification team to ensure that the design is functional
• Exercise logic design skills to optimize and meet performance, timing, and power targets
• Deliver a synthesis/timing clean design while working with the physical design team ensuring a routable and physically implementable design
• Support hardware engineering activities including chip floor plan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly, timing closure, power and noise analysis, and back-end verification
• Develop flows and tools as necessary in support of design activities

Benefits

• Multiple relocation packages
• Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
• 8-week parental leave
• 9 Employee Resource Groups
• Annual bonus offering
• Flexible work arrangements
• Up to 6% 401K matching