Synthesis CAD Engineer, Physical Design

Posted:
9/23/2025, 7:35:01 AM

Location(s):
Shanghai, China

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level

Field(s):
Software Engineering

ASIC-PD synthesis/Logic design implementation team is hiring a senior synthesis flow development engineer. The role needs the candidate to be both expertise on logical and physical design flow (synthesis/PnR) and software development. To maintain and develop synthesis flow at NVIDIA means participating in cutting edge synthesis methodology development and thus contributing to NVIDIA global synthesis users.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

  • Responsible for developing/maintaining synthesis methodologies and flow automation.

  • This includes evaluating and enhancing commercial synthesis tools with vendor and developing internal tools and solutions.

  • The candidate will also be expected to work as part of our global synthesis supporting team to provide professional suggestions and solutions to our global design teams.

What you'll be doing:

  • BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

  • 3+ years of experience in synthesis and PnR and solid knowledge about logical and physical design implementation.

  • Power user of commercial tools such as Synopsys FC or Cadence Genus/EDI.

  • Proficiency experience in TCL, Python, Perl or C++.

  • Flow development or automation experience in ASIC backend design.

  • Good communication skills including using English as working language is a must.

  • Knowledge on power optimization and DFT design is a plus.

NVIDIA

Website: https://www.nvidia.com/

Headquarter Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1993

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI) ⋅ GPU ⋅ Hardware ⋅ Software ⋅ Virtual Reality