NVIDIA

Technology

EDALicenseEngineer

$152–288k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“EDA License Engineer at NVIDIA. Skills: License server operation, Linux administration, Infrastructure automation. Operate license servers. Manage license server lifecycle”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure license compliance; Ensure access control; Ensure export-restricted usage; Improve reliability; Improve observability; Improve scalability

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Diagnose issues; Resolve issues; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

FlexLM / FLEXnet licensing, Linux system administration, Production infrastructure operation, Work independently, Collaborate across teams, Communicate clearly, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, 5+ years of experience

Nice to Have

Reprise License Manager familiarity, Automating operational workflows, License allocation methods, Support EDA toolchains, Security, export-control requirements, Ownership of infrastructure projects

What You'll Do.

Operate license servers

Manage license server lifecycle

Install license servers

Upgrade license servers

Renew license servers

Decommission license servers

Diagnose license issues

Resolve license issues

Partner with EDA tool owners

Partner with infrastructure teams

Partner with security collaborators

Ensure license compliance

Ensure access control

Ensure export-restricted usage

Improve license infrastructure reliability

Improve license infrastructure observability

Automate licensing workflows

Monitor license infrastructure

Analyze license usage trends

Improve licensing tooling

Improve operational scalability

Contribute documentation

Create operational runbooks

Create team guidelines

Serve as technical point of contact

Handle license incidents

Resolve blocking issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

EDA tool owners; Infrastructure teams; Security collaborators; World-class engineers

Communication Scope

Clear communication

Process & Methodology

Project ownership

Full Job Description

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! **What you’ll be doing:** * 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. **What we need to see:** * Strong hands-on experience with FlexLM / FLEXnet licensing, including server configuration, license files, daemons, and troubleshooting. Familiarity with Reprise License Manager is a plus. * 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

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