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NVIDIA

Senior CPU Tooling and Design Automation Engineer

NVIDIA
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senior full-time Santa Clara, CA

First indexed 4 Aug 2026

Description

NVIDIA is looking for a Senior CPU Tooling and Design Automation Engineer to help drive the development of CPU technology for architectures used for artificial intelligence (AI) / deep learning (DL), high-performance computing (HPC), cloud service providers (CSP), gaming, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles.

The successful candidate will work on CAD tools development for the CPU/Fabric teams to improve efficiency, develop Network-on-Chip (NoC)/SoC tooling, and push the frontiers of NoC/SoC tooling to enable productivity improvements.

Responsibilities:

  • Work on CAD tools development for the CPU/Fabric teams to improve efficiency
  • Develop Network-on-Chip (NoC)/SoC tooling, working closely with architects, chip leads and designers
  • Push the frontiers of NoC/SoC tooling to enable productivity improvements
  • Understand the chip design flow and distill this knowledge into feature requirements for tooling
  • Develop complex automation involving advanced graph algorithms leading towards more push-button solutions
  • Work with teams throughout the company (Architects, RTL, PD etc.) on implementing cross-team solutions to achieve project targets
  • Drive cross-team methodologies for deployment of this tooling

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience in EDA tool development and developing flows
  • Proficiency with EDA style databases and basic graph algorithms
  • Experience with build flows such as Make and scripting languages
  • Experience deploying in-house EDA tools across groups, solving flow issues etc.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills
  • A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth

Nice to Have:

  • Background with Network-on-Chip tooling
  • Experience with netlist level tools

The company offers equity and benefits.