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Senior ICV CAD Engineer

NVIDIA· Engineer, CAD
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Santa Clara, CA$136k - $264.5kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior CAD Engineer in NVIDIA's Advanced Technology Group focusing on ICV, foundry techfiles, and CAD flow development to support IC designers across new process technologies.

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 and Cadence SKILL.

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience); MS preferred
  • 5+ years of work experience
  • Basic understanding of MOSFET device behavior, CMOS layout, and VLSI design
  • Excellent programming skills; experience with Perl, Cadence SKILL
  • Expertise in ICV to support, enhance, and debug foundry DRC and LVS techfiles
  • Ability to implement NVIDIA-specific DFM, DRC rules using ICV
  • Add NVIDIA-specific devices in the LVS deck using ICV
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Passion for providing excellent end-user support

Skills

Required:PerlCadence SKILLICV

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Benefits (see NVIDIA benefits)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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