CareerPlan

Senior Design Engineer, Coherent High Speed Interconnect

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$168k2026-07-22 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Designing architecture and high-speed coherent interconnects (NVLINK-C2C) for mobile SoCs and GPUs to enable chiplet-based integration of NVIDIA GPUs, DPUs, and CPUs.

Role type

Senior IC hardware design engineer (interconnects)

Builds

High-speed coherent interconnects for chiplet-based integrated products

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design, high-speed interconnects, AI computing infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering degree, 8+ years design experience, interconnect protocols (PCIe, CXL, AXI, CHI), link layer stacks (data link, physical), physical layer experience (DDR, LPDDR, PCIe, SerDes), architecture design, RTL design, performance analysis, power optimization, Verilog/System Verilog

Preferred skills

Advanced degrees (MS, PhD), mentoring junior engineers

Technologies

NVLINK-C2C, PCIe, CXL, AXI, CHI, DDR, LPDDR, SerDes, Verilog, System Verilog

Responsibilities

Design architecture for high-speed coherent interconnects, collaborate with architects and circuit designers, deliver class-leading interconnect solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC