Senior Circuit Design Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Senior Circuit Design Engineer role focused on standard cell libraries and/or ROM design in deep submicron technologies. Responsibilities include transistor-level circuit design, modeling, performance analysis, verification, and collaboration with mask designers. Requires MS in EE/CE or equivalent, 5+ years of experience, and strong background in circuit design, simulation (SPICE), and verification (DRC/LVS).

What you'd actually do

  1. Work on the cutting edge standard cell libraries and/or custom ROM (Read Only Memory) modules in deep submicron technologies.
  2. Drive the concepts of the transistor level standard cell circuit design, modeling and performance analysis process.
  3. Lead the function/feasibility verification of new ROM designs and the setup of new design flows.
  4. Provide creative new insights to support existing tools and flows and develop new simulations to perform design margin evaluations.
  5. Collaborate with cross function teams with regards to standard cell design improvement opportunities.

Skills

Required

  • MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience
  • deep submicron process issues
  • design and verification of standard cell libraries
  • custom ROMs
  • SPICE simulation
  • DRC/LVS debug
  • mask designers
  • flip flops
  • level shifters
  • math cells
  • register files
  • SRAM
  • scripting language (Perl, Tcl, Make)
  • teamwork
  • communication
  • analytical skills

Nice to have

  • automation methods/algorithms

What the JD emphasized

  • deep submicron process issues
  • design and verification of standard cell libraries
  • custom ROMs
  • SPICE simulation
  • DRC/LVS debug