Physical Design Engineer - New College Grad 2026

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Santa Clara, CA
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96K-184K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
The Role
The Physical Design Engineer will work on CAD and physical design methodologies, developing chip floor plans, and performing power and noise analysis. They interact with EDA tools and diverse engineering teams.
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We are now looking for a Physical Design Engineer!

NVIDIA has continuously pioneered and reinvented itself over two decades through various avenues of computing: Graphics, High Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Research, and more. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to tackle, that only we can solve, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work, to amplify human creativity, intelligence, and technology. Today, visual computing is becoming increasingly central to how people interact with technology, and there has never been a more exciting time to join our team. We are looking for a Physical Design Engineer who will be responsible for all aspects of physical design and implementation of Graphics processors, integrated chipsets, and other ASICs targeted at the desktop, laptop, workstation, set-top box and home networking markets.

What you will be doing:

  • As a member of the team, you will participate in the efforts in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies (flow and tools development) as well as implementation.

  • Your day to day will include developing chip floor plan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly and P&R, timing closure, power and noise analysis and back-end verification across multiple projects.

  • This position requires you to work with EDA vendor (Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor, etc.) tool suites such as: ICC2,PrimeTime, dc_shell, Innovus, SeaHawk.

  • You will interact with a diverse team engineers.

What we need to see:

  • Completing an BSEE, MSEE or PhD (or equivalent experience).

  • Deep understanding of VLSI and Physical Design related basics & concepts.

  • Possess a deep understanding of static timing analysis, clock/power distribution and analysis, RC extraction and correlation, place and route, circuit design and analysis.

  • Experience in scripting and programming using several of the following languages/tools: Perl, C, C++, TCL, Scheme, Skill, or Make.

  • Previous internship or project experience in physical design implementation

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our best-in-class engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 96,000 USD - 161,000 USD for Level 1, and 108,000 USD - 184,000 USD for Level 2.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until December 19, 2025.NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Top Skills

C
C++
Dc_Shell
Icc2
Innovus
Make
Perl
Physical Design
Primetime
Scheme
Seahawk
Skill
Tcl
Vlsi
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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, CA
21,960 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”

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