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Senior ASIC Floorplan Design Engineer
Nvidia Corporation · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Nvidia Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles628 certified filings for “Engineer Senior ASIC” (Electronics Engineers, Except Computer) in CA: $168k–$216k, median $188k. Most were filed at wage level IV (75%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
NVIDIA is seeking an experienced ASIC Floorplan Engineer to design and implement the world's leading SOCs, CPUs, and GPUs. This position offers you a unique opportunity to craft and to influence the design and development of the next generation GPU and SoC from early architecture development phase through physical design phase, allowing you to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company impacting product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and the growing field of artificial intelligence. We have crafted a team of exceptional people stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing. What you will be doing: • From the early chip definition phase you will partner closely with a wide variety of multi-disciplinary teams starting including product managers, chip architects, ASIC design, physical design, packaging teams among others to craft the chip floorplan that optimizes cost/area, performance, and power for a target market • Drive the floorplan development and collaborate with the ASIC and Physical design teams to identify and solve area, interconnect, timing, and floorplan improvement opportunities to achieve optimal product features and cost • Develop AI workflows and productivity tools to continually improve existing infrastructure for optimizing chip area and speed of execution • Identify key technical and product risks and work with engineering and management teams to close on risk mitigation strategies among the options What we need to see: • MSEE/MSCE (or equivalent experience) with broad and deep experience in chip development • 10+ years of experience • Experience with developing SOC, CPU, graphics, memory, and I/O sub-systems in the chip • Ability to multi-task effectively across simultaneous projects and drive the resolution of complex technical issues among multi-disciplinary engineering teams • Experience with physical design methodologies (flow and tools development), chip floorplan, power/clock/reset distribution, DFT, place and route, timing closure, and packaging • Strong written, verbal, and technical communications skills to present the progress and options to drive towards alignment across many multi-disciplinary teams • Agentic AI workflows, Python, Perl and/or C++ programming language experience Ways to stand out from the crowd: • Experience in driving development of large scale ASIC floorplans for chiplet based SOC and/or CPU projects • Strong algorithm development and programming skills • Ability to operate optimally in environments with incomplete data, evolving requirements, and tight schedules NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. Our products are leading the way with groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Driving, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love the challenge of crafting the fastest and most power efficient chips in their class? If so, we want to hear from you. Your 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. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 18, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do no