# Senior VLSI Library Methodology Engineer

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/0de3f046-a918-4477-9cc2-c1665aa2599b

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 136000 – 264500 USD per year

## Summary

This role involves building and maintaining the automated systems that validate and release NVIDIA's standard cell libraries for GPU design, working across design automation, quality infrastructure, and EDA tool integration. It suits engineers with strong software skills and experience in physical design or CAD automation who want to architect large-scale verification and release systems.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

C++, Perl, Python

## Required

- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- 4+ years in library methodology, physical design, CAD, or VLSI infrastructure development
- Strong software development in Python, C++, or Perl
- Experience building workflow automation, data pipelines, validation frameworks, and reporting systems
- Production-quality system design with attention to specification, scalability, and operational robustness
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools and scripting

## Nice to have

- Understanding of library model consumption in synthesis, place-and-route, timing, and power analysis
- Experience building quality systems for library modeling or physical design automation
- Background tracking validation metrics, regression health, issue trends, and resource utilization
- Experience balancing analysis quality with runtime and compute efficiency at scale
- Applied AI/ML/LLM experience in EDA workflows or design methodologies

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-VLSI-Library-Methodology-Engineer_JR2022264