EDA License Engineer

NVIDIA•Durham, NC

1d•$152,000 - $287,500•Hybrid

About The Position

As an EDA License Engineer at NVIDIA, you will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing our engineering software licenses. This position offers an outstanding opportunity to collaborate with world-class engineers and contribute to groundbreaking innovations!

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with FlexLM / FLEXnet licensing, including server configuration, license files, daemons, and troubleshooting.
Solid Linux system administration skills (RHEL/CentOS), including process management, logging, networking basics, and scripting.
Experience operating production infrastructure with high availability and reliability expectations.
Ability to work independently within broadly defined objectives and exercise sound technical judgment.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical collaborators.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in a related field.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Reprise License Manager is a plus.
Experience automating operational workflows using scripting (python or shell) or infrastructure tooling such as Ansible.
Familiarity with license allocation methods such as using options files, dedicated license pools, and batch scheduling allocation such as License Scheduler.
Experience supporting EDA toolchains (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens) in large engineering environments.
Exposure to security, export-control, or access-restriction requirements in shared compute environments.
Prior ownership of infrastructure projects that improved reliability, scalability, or operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

Own the day-to-day operation and lifecycle management of FlexLM/FLEXnet EDA license servers in Linux environments, including installs, upgrades, renewals, rereads, and decommissioning.
Diagnose and resolve license availability, checkout, and performance issues using tools such as lmstat, debug logs, and operational telemetry.
Partner with EDA tool owners, infrastructure teams, and security collaborators to ensure license compliance, access control, and export-restricted usage policies.
Improve reliability and observability of license infrastructure through automation, monitoring, and data analysis of license usage and trends.
Lead or own small to medium-sized projects to improve licensing workflows, tooling, or operational scalability.
Contribute documentation, operational runbooks, and guidelines to support broader team knowledge sharing.
Serve as a technical point of contact for license-related incidents and blocking issues affecting engineering efficiency.