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CAD Engineer

NVIDIA· Engineer, CAD
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Santa Clara, CA$116k - $189.8k + equityFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

CAD Engineer at NVIDIA Advanced Technology Group focusing on installation and support of foundry techfiles, debugging design/tool/techfile errors, and developing flows and scripts to boost productivity for custom circuit designers.

Responsibilities

  • Install, configure, and support foundry techfiles.
  • Perform expert debug of design errors to direct expeditious resolution: explaining user errors to designers; explaining techfile errors to the foundry support team, and explaining tool errors to EDA partners.
  • Custom edit foundry techfiles to define and implement NVIDIA design methodologies.
  • Support and maintain CAD tools used by IC designers including Virtuoso, IC-Manage, DRC/LVS verification tools, extractions, and spice simulation tools.
  • Work with CAD tool vendors to identify and resolve bugs, improve tool usability, and evaluate new tools and features.
  • Develop infrastructure to support design work in new process technologies.
  • Write scripts using perl, Cadence SKILL, and C++.

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience); MS preferred
  • 2 plus year of work experience
  • A basic understanding of mosfet device behavior, CMOS layout, and VLSI design.
  • Excellent programming skills; experience with perl, Cadence SKILL, C++, tcl.
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Passionate about providing excellent support for end-users.

Skills

Required:PerlCadence SKILLC++tcl

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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