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NVIDIA

Senior SOC Design Engineer - Networking Group

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senior full-time Bengaluru, India

First indexed 22 Jun 2026

Description

We are currently seeking an expert SOC Design and Integration Engineers with strong design fundamentals to work in Networking chip design group. You'll join a group of hardworking engineers to craft and implement the next generation innovative DPUs and Switch Silicon chips. In this position, you'll make a real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company while developing best high-speed communication devices, delivering the highest efficiency and lowest latency! The Networking Chip Design team in India is a new team which is growing at a fast pace.

Responsibilities:

  • Understand all features of a given project and define project milestones based on internal roadmaps, assign them and track them through agile framework.
  • Define and develop system-level methodologies, tools, and IPs to build subsystems in an efficient and scalable manner.
  • Work with SOC Assembly team and drive cross-functional teams towards SOC milestone execution.
  • Integrate all the pieces for a given defined project milestone and deliver the model to relevant teams for further verification at cluster/sub-system/SOC/emulation levels.

Requirements:

  • BS (or equivalent experience) / MS with 4+ years of practical semiconductor design and architecture experience building complex SoC’s.
  • Firsthand experience & solid understanding of all phases of SOC development in multiple ASIC projects including ASIC architecture, Micro-Architecture, RTL design, verification, timing closure & Physical design.
  • Exposure to design and verification tools (Verilog/SV or equivalent, Cadence or equivalent simulation tools, debug tools like Indago, GDB etc.).
  • C/C++ programming or python or any other industry-standard scripting language experience desirable.
  • Experience working with software teams to tightly define the HW/SW interface including control/status registers, interrupt and error handling.
  • Hands-on experience in successful tape-outs of multiple sophisticated, high-volume SoCs in advanced process nodes.
  • Exposure to various Chip Design Functions to be able to collaborate and tackle sophisticated cross-functional problems.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with cross-functional teams to build consensus.
  • Experience in synthesis, physical design and DFT is a plus.
  • Experience in RTL Build and Design Automation is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Chip lead type of technical leadership experience on delivering complex SOCs for enterprise and/or HPC applications.
  • Experience in RTL coding and debug, as well as performance/power/area analysis and trade-offs.
  • Experience working closely with physical design teams to develop highly optimized ASICs with excellent power, performance and area.
  • Prior experience of smartNIC and/or high-speed interconnects.
  • Strong coding skills in Perl, Python, or other industry-standard scripting languages.