NVIDIA
Senior Circuit Designer
$168K–$310K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in transistor-level circuit design and validation.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Design custom circuit IP and bring novel designs from simulation through test-chip validation, post-silicon characterization, and debug.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize circuit IP, supporting architecture, schematic development, layout, and silicon validation.
- Define test plans, lead test-chip bringup and characterization, and debug silicon issues against simulation.
- Collaborate across teams and develop automation for simulation and data analysis.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of experience in transistor-level circuit design and validation.
- Strong understanding of digital, or mixed-signal circuit design, synthesis, and timing; hands-on post-silicon bringup, lab measurements, and circuit debug.
- Ability to analyze silicon data and communicate findings clearly; proficiency with scripting or data analysis tools such as Python, Perl, or Tcl.
Nice to have
- Experience bringing up and characterizing custom IP on test chips; experience with voltage regulation, hardware security, or silicon monitor circuits.
- Familiarity with ATE testing, test modes, and bench instrumentation; experience with statistical variation analysis and silicon-to-simulation correlation.
Pay
168,000 USD - 264,500 USD base salary (Level 4); 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD base salary (Level 5)
Tools
Python, Perl, Tcl, ATE
AI focus
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes; the role's duties do not specify AI work.
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