Senior Physical Design Engineer
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 Python, Deep Learning, Backend Development.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
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Job description
from Nvidia careersWe are now looking for a Senior Physical Design Engineer. NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked 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 solve, that only we can tackle, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work, to amplify human imagination and intelligence. Make the choice to join our diverse team today.
What you'll be doing:
Responsible for all aspects of physical design and implementation of GPU and other ASICs targeted at the desktop, laptop, workstation, and mobile markets.
As a member of a team, we will all participate in establishing physical design methodologies, flow automation, chip floorplan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly and P&R, timing closure.
Craft designs for static timing analysis, power and noise analysis and back-end verification.
What we need to see:
BSEE (MSEE preferred) or equivalent experience.
5 years of experience in large VLSI physical design implementation on 5nm, 4nm and 3nm technology.
Your successful track record of delivering designs to production is a requirement.
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