Senior Circuit Design Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 27 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design of standard cell libraries and/or custom ROM modules in deep submicron technologies.
What you'll do
- Work on standard cell libraries and/or custom ROM modules in deep submicron technologies.
- Drive concepts for transistor level standard cell circuit design, modeling, and performance analysis.
- Lead the function/feasibility verification of new ROM designs and setup new design flows.
- Provide insights to support existing tools and flows, and develop new simulations for design margin evaluations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on standard cell design improvement opportunities.
What you'll need
- MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
- Strong background in deep submicron process issues.
- Deep understanding of the design and verification of standard cell libraries and/or custom ROMs.
- Hands-on experience running SPICE simulation, and capability to adapt to new simulation tools.
- Experience with running EM/IR, aging, noise, margin, and high sigma variation simulations.
- Experience working with mask designers on layouts, including DRC/LVS debug.
- Experience designing flip flops, level shifters, math cells, custom ROMs, register files, and SRAM.
- Strong proficiency in scripting languages such as Perl, Tcl, Make, and automation methods/algorithms.
Skills: standard cell libraries, ROM modules, deep submicron technologies, transistor level standard cell circuit design, design margin evaluations
This role has been open 179 days — well above the 69-day median for Memory Design roles.
Memory Design · Memory Design
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Open roles in category
287
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Median days open
69 d
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Median salary
$205k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (287 roles · 29 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 287 |
| Median days open | 59 d | 69 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $205k |
Skills observed across this category: standard cell libraries, ROM modules, deep submicron technologies, transistor level standard cell circuit design, design margin evaluations
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 151 open roles · median 86 d
- Synopsys · 27 open roles · median 49 d
- SanDisk · 17 open roles · median 32 d
- Broadcom · 16 open roles · median 50 d
- Qualcomm · 12 open roles · median 149 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 7 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 287 open Memory Design (Memory Design) roles from 29 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.