NVIDIA
Senior CAD Engineer
$168K–$310K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 28, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of relevant work experience.
- Education
- BS CS/CE/EE or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Develops and improves EDA software tools for PCB electrical design, physical layout, and signal-integrity capabilities used by NVIDIA system designers.
What you'll do
- Develop tools as part of an Agile, multifunctional EDA software team.
- Assess design-community requirements and build solutions that improve tools and processes.
- Support PCB design and layout capabilities for system designers.
What they ask for
- BS in CS/CE/EE or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Proven history delivering EDA/ECAD around Cadence System Capture and SPB Allegro Layout.
- Cadence SKILL or other CAD-level programming experience.
- Proficiency in Python and TCL.
Nice to have
- Experience with the Cadence System Capture TCL API.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Git, CI, Perforce, PLM systems, or modern web technologies.
Pay
168,000 USD - 264,500 USD base salary for Level 4; 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD base salary for Level 5.
Tools
Cadence System Capture, SPB Allegro Layout, Cadence SKILL, Python, TCL, Windows, Linux, Oracle/MySQL/MongoDB
AI focus
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes; the role's stated work does not involve AI.
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