Emulation Front-End Infrastructure Engineer
Core
Build scalable hardware development platforms and compilation flows for pre-silicon validation of NVIDIA's complex designs.
Role type
Senior IC emulation front-end infrastructure engineer
Builds
Scalable hardware emulation platforms and compilation flows
Domain
Semiconductor hardware design, EDA tools, high-performance computing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
RTL compilation and synthesis, Verilog/SystemVerilog, EDA tool expertise (Synopsys Design Compiler, ZeBu Compiler, Cadence HDL-ICE), Python/Perl/Tcl scripting, distributed compute farm management (LSF/Slurm), debugging complex compilation issues
Preferred skills
Hardware-emulation runtime bring-up, AI/LLM agents for failure diagnosis, EDA vendor partnership
Technologies
Synopsys Design Compiler, ZeBu Compiler, Cadence HDL-ICE, Python, Perl, Tcl, LSF, Slurm, Perforce, Git
Responsibilities
Own and evolve front-end compilation and synthesis flow infrastructure; develop and automate robust compilation flows; run and debug compilation regressions; apply AI techniques to improve flow automation and failure triage; evaluate and deploy EDA tools; diagnose complex elaboration and synthesis issues; improve flow performance and observability
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
