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If so, we are looking for hardworking engineers who will craft FPGA prototypes of our next generation GPUs and SOCs on standard FPGA prototyping platforms.\nWe are now looking for a Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer to join our Emulation team onsite in Santa Clara, CA.\nWhat you'll be doing:\nBuild FPGA prototypes by making RTL FPGA-friendly, partitioning the design and taking it through synthesis and place and route.\nImprove performance of the prototype, analyze timing and generate bit streams.\nBring up the design on FPGA prototyping platforms and indulge in problem solving.\nRelease the prototype to the customers and support them when they face problems.\nYou 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.\nGood coordination with architects, designers, verification engineers, and SW teams will be needed to accomplish your tasks.\nWhat we need to see:\nBS (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields with 12+ years of experience, or MS with 10+ years of proven experience in FPGA prototyping.\nGood understanding of FPGA prototyping architecture, devices, flows and tools.\nExperience in backend flows of FPGA Prototyping - Synthesis, P&R and Timing closure, with emphasis on Synopsys Protocompiler or Siemens VPS and Xilinx Vivado\nExposure to ASIC design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent, Verdi, GDB).\nKnowledge of Verilog, System Verilog and digital design concepts.\nGood debugging and problem solving skills.\nHands on experience with lab FPGA debug methodologies, tools (Identify or ChipScope), and lab debug equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).\n Ways to stand out from the crowd:\nScripting knowledge (Perl/shell/Tcl) is desired.\nGood documentation, communication and interpersonal skills.\nExperience with memory bring up of Memory (LPDDR5/6, DDR5/6), CXL/PCIE and/or high speed I/F such as USB4/3 is desirable\nPrior experience with hardware emulation or prototyping (Synopsys HAPS or Siemens ProFPGA) of a high-performance processor or SOC is a plus.\nNVIDIA 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!\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5, and 232,000 USD - 368,000 USD for Level 6.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.\nApplications for this job will be accepted at least until October 24, 2026.This posting is for an existing vacancy.\nNVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.\nNVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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