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Senior Full Chip Layout Engineer

Nvidia

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NVIDIA is looking for best-in-class Physical Design Engineers to join our outstanding Networking Silicon engineering team, developing the industry's best high-speed communication devices, delivering the highest throughput and lowest latency! Come and take a part in designing our groundbreaking and innovating chips, enjoy working in a meaningful, growing and highly professional environment where you make a significant impact in a technology-focused company. What you'll be doing: Perform physical layout for full-chip level, integration, pinning and bump route Work with block owners and project managers to assure high quality convergence in all layout aspects You will be responsible for chip layout from the floorplanning stage through tape-out What we need to see: An Electronics Engineer certificate or a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering You should have 5 years of hands-on Full-chip layout and Physical Verification experience, demonstrating your proven expertise. A strong background in Physical Verification methodologies, including DRC, LVS, ANT, ERC, and DFM for advanced process nodes, is required Knowledge in scripts' language: TCL, Unix and Shell Experience in Linux environments AI tools orientation or alternatively a desire to learn Familiarity with physical build EDA tools, including Synopsys (ICC2/FC) and Cadence (Innovus) Familiarity with Physical Verification tools: Synopsys (ICV), Siemens (Calibre) Self-motivation, attention to detail and good interpersonal skills Ways to stand out from the crowd: Experience in methodology definition / flow owner of Full-chip / Place and Route Great teammate Ownership, self-learning skills and ability to work autonomously NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the tech world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you.

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Listed on workday · posted 2026-10-03. ApplySarthi collects openings and links to application pages; the role is advertised by Nvidia, not by us.