Physical Design Methodology Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Hsinchu, Taiwan

Develop and enhance physical design methodologies for GPUs, CPUs, and SoCs, focusing on optimizing Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) and improving runtime efficiency on advanced technology nodes. This involves developing workflows for place and route, floorplanning, chip assembly, and collaborating with partners to enhance tools and methodologies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Create and enhance cutting-edge physical design methodologies for implementing GPUs, CPUs, and SoCs, focusing on optimizing Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) as well as improving the runtime efficiency of the physical design process on advanced technology nodes.
  2. Develop workflows for advanced place and route techniques, floorplanning, and chip assembly, including power and clock distribution, power and area optimization, timing analysis, IR and EM analysis.
  3. Work together with internal and external partners to enhance tools and methodologies, ensuring the delivery of top-tier Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) solutions across all our product lines
  4. Continuously strive to improve the RTL-to-GDS flow to enhance Power, Performance, and Area (PPA), address a wide range of design issues, and implement proactive interventions

Skills

Required

  • MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
  • Physical Design Engineering
  • Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) optimization
  • advanced technology nodes
  • place and route techniques
  • floorplanning
  • chip assembly
  • power and clock distribution
  • timing analysis
  • IR and EM analysis
  • RTL-to-GDS flow
  • UPF
  • FSDB/SAIFs
  • hierarchical design
  • pinning
  • budgeting flows
  • power distribution networks
  • Design for Yield and Manufacturability
  • EM and IR closure
  • thermal management
  • industry-standard EDA tools
  • TCL
  • Perl
  • Python
  • C++

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in Physical Design Engineering
  • Demonstrated success in enhancing Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) for high-performance and low-power designs using advanced technology nodes
  • Strong understanding of physical design optimization and routing methodologies at place, CTS, route, and post-route, especially power and area-efficient setup and hold optimization
  • Expertise and in-depth knowledge of industry-standard EDA tools