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# Senior CPU Design Engineer

- **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd.
- **Location:** Hillsboro, OR, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $168,000.0 - $264,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Very-Large-Scale Integration, Computer Engineering, Microarchitecture, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Microprocessors, Digital Technology, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), CPU Design, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Scripting, Physical Design
- **Published:** June 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g8izsp

## About the Role

+ BS or MS in electrical engineering or computer engineering (or equivalent experience).

 + 8+ years of proven experience in micro-architecture and RTL development of complex, high speed designs, ideally in CPU subsystems.

 + Exposure to Computer Architecture and Digital Systems design.

 + Highly proficient in logic design, Verilog and/or SystemVerilog, with a deep understanding of physical design and VLSI.

 + Strengths in scripting languages such as Perl, Python.

 + Good communication and interpersonal skills.

## Description

The NVIDIA CPU team is looking for inquisitive, motivated engineers with design experience to build ground-breaking CPUs. As a senior member of our design team, you will be responsible for the micro-architecture, design and implementation of high-performance, low power CPU s . You will work closely with fellow design engineers, architects, verification engineers, and physical design engineers to accomplish your tasks.

What you will be doing:

 + Drive the micro-architecture definition, feasibility studies and documentation of CPU sub-systems.

 + Implement in RTL and coordinate execution with the verification team to ensure that the design is functional.

 + Exercise logic design skills to optimize and meet performance, timing and power targets.

 + Deliver a synthesis/timing clean design while working with the physical design team ensuring a routable and physically implementable design.

 + Support hardware engineering activities including chip floor plan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly, timing closure, power and noise analysis, and back-end verification.

 + Develop flows and tools as necessary in support of design activities.


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