Circuit Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

NVIDIA is seeking a Circuit Design Engineer for Standard Cell Characterization. This role involves working on cutting-edge processor design, standard cell library design, and characterization, including transistor-level circuit design, modeling, and performance analysis. The engineer will also support and develop tools using scripting languages like Perl and Python, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve quality checks on library work.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work on the cutting edge processor design in deep submicron technologies, and on standard cell library design and characterization. Driving the concepts of the transistor level circuit design, modeling and performance analysis process.
  2. Support and development of tools using Perl/Python.
  3. We will have creative new insights to support existing tools and flows and develop new simulations to perform timing/power/noise/OCV evaluations.
  4. Collaborate with cross function teams with regards to library issues. We will improve on our quality checks on the library work.

Skills

Required

  • MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
  • background in deep submicron process issues
  • Understanding of the design, verification and characterization of standard cell libraries, generating timing/power/noise/OCV views of the standard cells, validation of data and QA process.
  • Familiar with Liberty models and its application to digital implementation and signoff flows.
  • Experience running SPICE simulation, and capability to adapt to new simulation tools.
  • excellent team-work, communication and analytical skills
  • learn quickly, hard-working, and are results-oriented

Nice to have

  • Proficiency in scripting language, such as, Perl, Tcl, Make, and automation methods/algorithms a certain plus.
  • past standard cell library or IP characterization experience is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • deep submicron process issues
  • standard cell libraries
  • timing/power/noise/OCV evaluations
  • Liberty models
  • SPICE simulation