NVIDIA
Senior Circuit Design Engineer
$136K–$264K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of digital circuit design experience with a Master's degree, or 5+ years with a Bachelor's degree.
- Education
- BSEE/MS preferred in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Design and implement custom digital circuits and IPs for processors, improving power, performance, area, and reliability, while integrating AI/ML into design methods.
What you'll do
- Design custom digital IP from RTL through layout, including transistor-level circuit design and analysis.
- Develop and prototype circuit solutions for hardware security, adaptive clocking, and power management; collaborate across teams to deploy them in products.
- Integrate AI/ML into design processes and mentor junior team members.
What they ask for
- Excellent understanding of deep submicron process issues and digital circuit design techniques.
- Hands-on experience running Spice simulations, EM/IR analysis, and static timing analysis/closure.
- Basic understanding and experience with layout (DRC, LVS) and/or PnR tools.
Nice to have
- Low-power circuit design and analysis; RTL, logic synthesis, and verification; or mixed-signal circuit design experience.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Tcl, or Make, and automation methods/algorithms.
Pay
136,000 USD - 218,500 USD base salary (Level 3); 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD base salary (Level 4)
Tools
Spice, EM/IR, RTL, Python, Perl, Tcl, Make, PnR
AI focus
Integrate AI/ML techniques directly into the circuit design process and methodology.
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