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About This Role
- The Role and Impact Join Intel's CPU Design Team and help shape the future of energy-efficient, high-performance computing.
- As a Senior CPU RTL Design Engineer, you will define, develop, and optimize key microarchitectural features that power Intel's next-generation processors.
- In this role, you will contribute to CPU architecture and microarchitecture development, create high-quality RTL designs, and drive power, performance, area, and timing optimizations.
- Working closely with architecture, verification, physical design, and SoC integration teams, you will help deliver innovative processor technologies that advance Intel's leadership in computing.
- This position offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges, influence CPU design decisions, and contribute to products that impact millions of users worldwide.
- What You’ll Do Key responsibilities will include but not limited to: Develop and optimize logic design, register transfer level (RTL) coding, and simulation for the CPU.
- Participate in defining the architecture and microarchitecture features of the CPU design.
- Write RTL and optimize logic for power, performance, area, and timing goals.
- Ensure design integrity for physical implementation through effective strategies, tools, and methods.
- Review verification plans to ensure design features are correctly validated and resolve failing RTL tests.
- Document microarchitectural specifications (MAS) for the CPU features.
- Collaborate with SoC customers to ensure seamless integration and high-quality performance of the CPU block Behavioral Traits that we are looking for: Strong Ownership: Takes responsibility for complex technical deliverables and drives issues to closure.
- Technical Curiosity: Continuously seeks deeper understanding of architecture, design tradeoffs, and emerging technologies.
- Bias for Action: Identifies issues early and proactively develops solutions.
- Collaboration: Works effectively across architecture, verification, physical design, SOC integration, methodology, and validation teams.
- Communication: Clearly communicates technical concepts, design decisions, and tradeoffs, while fostering effective collaboration across cross-functional engineering teams.
- Critical Thinking: Uses data and engineering rigor to evaluate alternatives and make decisions.
- Continuous Improvement: Looks for opportunities to improve design quality, efficiency, methodologies, and development processes.
- Influence Without Authority: Builds alignment and drives technical decisions through expertise and collaboration.
- Intel invests in our people and offers a complete and competitive package of benefits employees and their families through every stage of life.
- See Intel Benefits for more details.
Requirements
- to be initially considered for this position.
- Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
- Note: For information on Intel’s immigration sponsorship guidelines, please see Intel U.S.
- Immigration Sponsorship Information Minimum Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer science or related STEM degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Or a Master's degree in the same filed with 5+ years of experience.
- In addition, you must have the following experience: 7+ years of experience in RTL design using SystemVerilog, with strong knowledge of hardware modeling and logic debug environments. 5+ years of experience with energy-efficient and low-power logic design methods, including techniques applicable to high-frequency optimization. 5+ years of experience in C lock-domain crossing (CDC), and Power-aware design. 3+ years of experience in scripting languages such as TCL, Perl, or Python.
- Preferred Qualifications and Experience: A PhD in the same fields with 2+ years of experience.
- Knowledge on CPU power-management namely power/electrical budgeting, dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, thermal, P/C states and reset sequence handling.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Intel Architecture ISA and system architecture, including x86 assembly language.
- Experience with high-speed circuit design and optimization, specifically for datapath, circuits, and arrays.
- Familiarity with circuit planning and timing convergence processes.
- Ability to leverage broad understanding of CPU architecture to deliver impactful solutions.
- Proficient with static timing analysis, UPF and lint checks.
- Join Intel and be part of a team that is passionate about shaping the future of technology.
- Apply today and embark on a career journey that makes a difference.
Benefits
- We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry.
- It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation.
- Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel .
- Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $141,910.00-269,100.00 USD The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
- Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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