# Senior VLSI Methodology Engineer

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: 136,000 USD - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior VLSI Methodology Engineer to design automation for library modeling, quality checks, and release for NVIDIA's PD flows. The engineer will build and integrate data-driven pipelines and verification systems, collaborating with process and cell-design teams.

**Responsibilities:**

- Build scalable systems for quality checking of GPU and SOC libraries

- Develop automated library analysis, validation, and quality control flows using modern scripting and EDA tools

- Collaborate with design teams to integrate library quality systems and enhance cell design methodologies

- Define and implement guidelines for library modeling, abstraction, and data integrity

**Requirements:**

- M.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)

- 4+ years of Library, Physical Design, and/or CAD methodology experience

- Hands-on development with industry-standard EDA tools (Innovus, Fusion Compiler, Crosscheck, Virtuoso, or similar)

- Advanced Python, C++, or Perl skills; workflow automation and data pipelines development experience

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Understanding how library models are consumed in chip design flows

- 2+ years in library modeling/validation, quality systems, or physical design automation

- Experience building robust library models with system-level quality and automation

- Applied AI/ML/LLM experience to enhance EDA tools, automation, or design methodologies

The base salary range is 136,000 USD - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- C++
- Perl
- EDA tools
- workflow automation
- data pipelines

### Nice to have
- AI/ML/LLM
- library modeling
- quality systems
- physical design automation

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