# Senior Physical Design Methodology Engineer, Innovus Flows

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/39cfb778-42b0-40a1-b0d5-59c296be93ff

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

- Seniority: Senior
- Salary: 168000 – 310500 USD per year

## Summary

NVIDIA is seeking a senior physical design engineer to develop and optimize chip design methodologies across their product line, with focus on power, performance, and area efficiency on advanced semiconductor nodes. This role combines deep expertise in EDA tools and physical design flows with emerging opportunities to apply machine learning to accelerate design cycles.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

C++, Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, Clock Tree Synthesis, Network Routing, NumPy, Perl, Physical Design, Python, PyTorch, scikit-learn, SciPy, Static Timing Analysis, Tcl

## Required

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 7 years of physical design experience
- Track record of PPA improvements on advanced technology nodes
- Understanding of place, CTS, route, and post-route optimization
- Expertise in static timing analysis, extraction, and timing closure
- Low power design experience with UPF
- Knowledge of power distribution networks and manufacturability
- Proficiency in TCL, Perl, Python, or C++
- Understanding of EM and IR analysis
- Synthesis and hierarchical design knowledge

## Nice to have

- Emphasis on physical design methodology and flow development
- Experience with ML models, LLMs, and agentic AI for EDA/PD problems
- Data analysis and ML library proficiency
- In-depth knowledge of Cadence EDA tool suite

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Physical-Design-Methodology-Engineer--Innovus-Flows_JR2011617-1