Systems Prototyping Engineer

Are you passionate about DGX system connecting multiple ASIC chips together and FPGA prototyping? Are you interested in pushing the boundaries of innovation to make FPGA prototypes faster and more efficient? Can you work in a fast-paced environment that requires coordination between many teams across geographies and resolving sophisticated problems daily? If so, we are looking for hardworking systems engineers who will craft FPGA prototypes of our next generation GPUs, SOCs, NICs, Switches on standard FPGA prototyping platforms. We are now looking for a Senior Systems Prototyping Engineer to join our Emulation team onsite in Santa Clara, CA.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build FPGA prototypes by making RTL FPGA-friendly, partitioning the design and taking it through synthesis and place and route.
• Improve performance of the prototype, analyze timing and generate bit streams.
• Bring up the design on FPGA prototyping platforms and indulge in problem solving.
• Release the prototype to the customers and support them when they face problems.
• You are expected to understand the design and implementation, define the configurations, develop/modify the bringup and testing infrastructure and verify the correctness of the design.
• Understand the system topologies with multiple ASICs to realize the DGX systems on prototyping platforms and emulators
• Good coordination with architects, designers, verification engineers, and SW teams will be needed to accomplish your tasks.

• BS (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields with 7+ years of experience, or MS with 5+ years of proven experience in FPGA prototyping.
• Good understanding of FPGA prototyping architecture, devices, flows and tools.
• Experience in backend flows of FPGA Prototyping - Synthesis, P&R and Timing closure, with emphasis on Synopsys Protocompiler or Synplify Premier and Xilinx Vivado
• Exposure to ASIC design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent, Verdi, GDB).
• Knowledge of Verilog, System Verilog and digital design concepts.
• Understand the industry standard protocols like PCIe, CXL, NVLINK, USB, CHI and CPU-GPU Coherency
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Hands on experience with lab FPGA debug methodologies, tools (Identify or ChipScope), and lab debug equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Scripting knowledge (Perl/shell/Tcl) is desired.
• Good documentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with memory bring up of Memory (LPDDR5/6, DDR5/6), CXL/PCIE and/or high speed I/F such as USB4/3 is desirable
• Prior experience with hardware emulation or prototyping (Synopsys HAPS, Zebu, Mentor Veloce) of a high-performance processor or SOC is a plus., ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), ASIC Design, ASIC Verification, Artificial Intelligence (AI), CPU (Central Processing Unit), Communication Skills, Computer Engineering, Debugging Skills, Debugging Tools, Design Verification, Digital Circuit Design, Documentation, Electrical Engineering, Emulators, FPGA, FPGA Design, GDB (Gnu Debugger), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Industry Standards, Interpersonal Skills, Laboratory, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Techniques, Logic Analyzer, Machine Learning, Memory Hardware, Mentoring, Oscilloscope, PCI Express (PCI-E), Performance Management, Perl Programming Language, Place and Route, Power Amplifier, Problem Solving Skills, Prototyping, Scripting (Scripting Languages), SystemVerilog, Systems Engineering, Tcl-Tk, Testing, Timing Verification, Topology, USB, Unix Shell Programming, Verilog Hardware Description Language

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5.

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI - the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to solve, that only we can tackle, and that matter to the world. This is our life’s work, to amplify human imagination and intelligence. Make the choice to join us today!, Nvidia

Visualize your future . . . We Do NVIDIA is the world leader in graphics processing technologies, creating innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. NVIDIA products are transforming visually-rich applications such as video games, film production, broadcasting, industrial design, space exploration, and medical imaging. We invest in our people and our technologies, support and fund industry research around the world, and consistently deliver high-quality products. NVIDIA’s culture promotes and inspires a team of world-class employees to be at the top of their game. We’ve created an environment where talents are recognized and collaboration is valued. Our employees are shaping the world of tomorrow. . . today. We invite you to explore the opportunities available at NVIDIA to see what your future may hold.

Company Size: 10,000 employees or more