CareerPlan

ASIC Physical Design and Timing Engineer - New College Grad 2026

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$116k–$190k2026-07-22 → 2026-11-11

Core

Drive Physical Design and timing analysis and closure of NVIDIA's GPUs, CPUs, DPUs and SoCs at block, cluster, and full chip levels.

Role type

ASIC Physical Design and Timing Engineer

Builds

GPUs, CPUs, DPUs, and SoCs

Domain

Semiconductor / ASIC Design

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Static Timing Analysis (STA), Timing convergence, EDA tools, Synthesis, Floor-planning, Placement, CTS, Routing, Power optimization

Preferred skills

Deep sub-micron process nodes, AI/LLM programming, Physical design optimization

Technologies

EDA tools

Responsibilities

Drive frontend and backend implementation including synthesis, equivalence checking, floor-planning, timing constraints, and ECO implementation.

Seniority

Entry-level (New College Grad 2026)