Drimva

NVIDIA

Manager, System Design Tools and Methodology

$200K–$380K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 7, 2026

Experience
10+ overall years; 4+ years of direct people management or technical leadership.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Leads a team developing system design tools and methodologies that improve engineering workflows from prototyping through mass production.

What you'll do

  • Evolve CAD and PLM systems and build data-driven workflows and analytics for system design.
  • Partner across engineering disciplines to reduce friction and streamline the transition from prototyping to manufacturing.
  • Lead development of custom utilities, API integrations, automation, and reporting tools; identify and automate process bottlenecks.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ overall years of experience in system design, CAD administration, or PLM workflow development.
  • 4+ years of direct people management or technical leadership in a complex engineering environment.
  • Experience implementing or customizing enterprise engineering tools; knowledge of hardware product development, cross-functional collaboration, and data analytics.

Nice to have

  • Experience with ECAD/MCAD integration and Python or other scripting languages.
  • Experience with large-scale PLM migrations or NUDD risk frameworks, or knowledge of data visualization tools.

Pay

200,000 USD - 322,000 USD base salary (Level 3); 240,000 USD - 379,500 USD base salary (Level 4)

Tools

CAD, PLM, Dassault, Cadence, PTC, Python, ECAD/MCAD

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)