Senior Custom CAD Engineer - For Custom Circuit Designers

NVIDIA is searching for a highly motivated, excellent CAD Engineer to join the Advanced Technologies group. You will develop tools that help improve productivity of custom circuit designers worldwide. A successful candidate will have solid EE background with an in-depth understanding of circuits, layouts and VLSI design. We are looking for someone who loves to write code to automate design processes and who enjoys working in groundbreaking process technologies! A strong background in Skill, Perl and Python are needed for this position. The job involves both development and support. The candidate must have good interpersonal skills.
 

 What you'll be doing:

• Develop and support component libraries for advanced process technologies. This will involve developing and maintaining technology files, symbols, gates and pcells, and supporting various netlisters

• Install, configure and support foundry PDKs

• Maintain the custom design environment used by custom schematic and mask designers

• Write scripts using Perl, Python, and Cadence SKILL

• Support and maintain CAD tools used by IC designers including Virtuoso, IC-Manage, HSPICE, ADE, various simulation tools and Verilog / System Verilog

• Work with CAD tool vendors to evaluate new tools, solve bugs, improve usability, etc.

• Develop infrastructure to support design work in new process technologies.

What we need to see:

• B.S. (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience or M.S. in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years’ experience

• A basic understanding of MOSFET device behavior, CMOS layout, and VLSI design

• Excellent programming skills

• Experience with Perl, Cadence SKILL, Python, Tcl

• Great communication skills

• Passionate about providing excellent support for end-users

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience developing pcells in photonics processes

• Familiarity with Analog Design Environment (ADE), including the ability to interact with designers to collect bugs and follow up with AEs on bug fixes

• Experience with version control system, like Perforce

• Familiarity with LSF or similar job scheduling systems for distributed computing.

NVIDIA has some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you!
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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 16, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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