
This entry-level R&D Software Engineer role focuses on VLSI physical design within NVIDIA's hardware innovation team. The position involves developing advanced C++ algorithms to optimize chip performance, power consumption, and frequency through techniques like gate-level sizing, buffering, and incremental place and route. Key responsibilities include inventing new optimization engines that fuse independent design tools and collaborating directly with design teams to deploy solutions. The role is appealing due to the high intellectual freedom to explore cutting-edge processes without legacy constraints, the opportunity to work at the intersection of machine learning and hardware, and the chance to see software contributions directly realized in world-class AI hardware. The position is based on-site and targets recent graduates with a Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.



















