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Senior DTCO Engineer, CPU Physical Design

NVIDIA· Engineer, ASIC
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Santa Clara, Austin, Hillsboro$136k - $218.5kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior DTCO Engineer responsible for evaluating advanced semiconductor process technologies, coordinating with foundry and hardware teams, and exploring technology nodes to optimize CPU microarchitecture."

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate advanced process technologies and help shape technology choices for next-generation CPUs.
  • Run synthesis, place-and-route, and static timing analysis to assess how process features affect power, performance, and area.
  • Work with foundry, IP, and hardware design teams during early technology development.
  • Use early pathfinding blocks to identify implementation bottlenecks and project technology-node scaling.
  • Evaluate competitive products and benchmarks to understand technology and design trade-offs.

Qualifications

  • Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 5+ years of experience in physical design, DTCO or technology pathfinding.
  • Strong background in advanced-node silicon design and physical-design methodology.
  • Ability to analyze physical implementation constraints and develop technology solutions to improve PPA.
  • Proficiency with Python, Tcl, Perl, or similar scripting languages, as well as AI tools.

Skills

Required:Process technology evaluationPhysical designSynthesis / Place-and-Route / STAScripting

Benefits

  • equity and benefits (per company page)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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