Senior Software Developer, VLSI Physical Design

3 weeks ago


Santa Clara CA, United States Nvidia Full time

NVIDIA's success builds on a foundation of industry leading hardware. Achieving that distinction involves extensive design optimization, including combining the best of EDA with highly sophisticated, large scale internal CAD tools. Our team develops these tools by fusing advances in parallel computing, machine learning, and VLSI hardware design.We are seeking an innovative CAD Software Developer with particular interest in algorithms for floor planning, macro placement, global routing, and related physical design optimization. This position broadly spans all levels of development from computational geometry to graph optimization and visualization. Constant creativity and a self-drive to explore and perfect high performance and high-capacity software is required. If you like to work across many technical areas and see your successes directly realized in the world's fastest AI hardware, this is itNVIDIA's engineering environment offers an ideal combination of supercomputing infrastructure and vast R&D resources, so you can explore colossal ideas as a world-class leader, plus the nimbleness and opportunity to grow in a rapidly developing company. Check online for yourself -- NVIDIA employees love working here for good reasonWhat you’ll be doing:Invent and optimize new methods for floor planning and chip-level optimization tools.Improve designer insight and visualization by extending GUIs built on Qt and/or OpenGL.Develop machine learning strategies to improve efficiency of design space exploration.As with any software engineering team, we do write a lot of code, but this is broader than a typical CAD or EDA role. Instead, we as a team own the whole process from discovery and invention of new optimization opportunities, developing solutions, and working directly inside design teams to facilitate deployment. Team members enjoy considerable flexibility in defining new projects and exploring new technical domains due to the breadth of our team's role.What we need to see:BS, MS, PhD or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or Computer ScienceStrength in both CAD software and VLSI hardware design8+ years’ experience in software development with C++Good understanding of computational geometry and graph theoryFamiliarity with VLSI floorplan concepts such as routability, congestion, and partitioningExpertise in algorithm development for physical design, analysis, and visualizationStrong communication and interpersonal skillsWays to stand out from the crowd:C++17/C++14 experience, such as lambdas and concurrencyExperience and/or interest in GUI development using Qt or OpenGLDeep understanding of algorithm design principles such as complexity analysis, efficient memory and I/O use, etc.In general, an obsession with performance and the practical skills to build highly innovative software for world leading hardwareNVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. And due to outstanding growth, our teams are rapidly growing. Are you passionate about becoming a part of a best-in-class team supporting the latest in GPU and AI technology? If so, we want to hear from youThe base salary range is 164,000 USD - 304,750 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.SummaryLocation: US, TX, Austin; US, CA, Santa ClaraType: Full time



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