Senior C++ Software Engineer - Chip Design Tools
Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA
About this role
Nvidia is hiring a senior-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Santa Clara, CA. The posting calls out experience with Go, Linux, Data Structures, Frontend Development.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
- Posted
- May 7, 2026
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Job description
from Nvidia careersNVIDIA 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 challenges that are hard to tackle, that only we can pursue, 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!
Our team is responsible for development and support of infrastructure tools used by design engineers for build and verification of architectural, rtl, and gate level designs. As a software engineer, you will craft highly efficient software to automate and facilitate chip design and verification processes.
What You'll be Doing:
Work as a team to build reliable, scalable and high performance software that are easy to use by hundreds of engineers worldwide.
Develop software tools in C++/Golang to analyze and construct chip designs described in C++, Verilog or domain-specific languages (DSLs).
Research and develop software solutions to allow greater efficiency in architecture, hardware and software teams.
Optimize the daily workflows of the world's top chip modelers and designers.
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