CPU Circuit Design Engineer

Intel Corporation; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation is seeking a talented CPU Circuit Design Engineer to join their Austin team. The role involves designing custom digital circuits and optimizing performance for cutting-edge CPU technology. Candidates need a strong engineering background with experience in digital logic, circuit design, and VLSI. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits as part of Intel's commitment to innovation.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Stock options

Comprehensive health benefits

Retirement programs

Flexible vacation

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a high-tech company.
• 2+ years of hands-on expertise in CMOS circuits design.
• Experience in memory and circuit optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design custom digital circuits for CPU, including memory caches.
• Optimize circuit for power, performance, area, timing, and yield.
• Collaborate with teams on design progress and issue resolution.

Skills

Complementary MOS (CMOS) circuits design

Digital logic and optimizations

Circuit design trade-off for power

Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)

Low power implementation techniques

Memory design experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Do Something Wonderful!

Intel put the Silicon in Silicon Valley. No one else is this obsessed with engineering a brighter future. Every day, we create world changing technology that enriches the lives of every person on earth. So, if you have a big idea, let's do something wonderful together. Join us, because at Intel, we are building a better tomorrow.

Job Details

Job Description:

Do Something Wonderful!

Intel put the Silicon in Silicon Valley. No one else is this obsessed with engineering a brighter future. Every day, we create world changing technology that enriches the lives of every person on earth. So, if you have a big idea, let's do something wonderful together. Join us, because at Intel, we are building a better tomorrow.

Who We Are

The Atom CPU Circuit Technology team is looking for a highly motivated and technically savvy individual to join our team as Digital Circuit design engineer to work on full custom and memory circuits. This will be a fast-paced dynamic environment where you will work in the high performance, low power CPU design group on a wide spectrum of circuit activities ranging from technical readiness, device and/or cell characterization, bit-cell simulations, critical path simulations and design custom blocks to meet stringent Power/Performance/Area constraints.

Who You Are

Your responsibilities are as follows but not limited to:

• Designs, develops, and builds custom digital circuits for a CPU, including memory and caches.
• Designs floorplans, performs circuit design, schematic entry, simulation for CPU blocks, and verifies functionality to optimize custom circuit for CPU power, performance, area, timing, and yield goals.
• Creates block level DFT models, develops memory test tools, and improves and automates flows and methodologies to ensure streamlining of design.
• Collaborates cross functionally to report design progress and to collect, track, and resolve any performance and CPU design issues.
• Optimizes performance, power, and area, reduce leakage of CPU circuits, and drives characterization of individual memory instances and memory compilers.
• Works with CPU architecture and layout teams to design circuit for best functionality, robustness, and electrical capabilities.
  
  

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Relevant experience can be obtained through schoolwork, classes, project work, internships, and/or military experience. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering or any STEM related degree with 6+ years of experience in a high-tech company
• OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering or any STEM related degree with 3+ years of experience in a high-tech company
• OR PhD in electrical engineering and/or computer engineering or any STEM related degree with 2+ years of experience in a high-tech company.
• 2+ years of hands-on expertise and strong fundamentals in the following areas: Complementary MOS (CMOS) circuits design. Digital logic and optimizations. Circuit design trade-off for power, performance and area. Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI). Low power implementation techniques. Memory design experience.
  
  

Job Type

Experienced Hire

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

US, Texas, Austin

Additional Locations:

Business Group

The Client Computing Group (CCG) is responsible for driving business strategy and product development for Intel's PC products and platforms, spanning form factors such as notebooks, desktops, 2 in 1s, all in ones. Working with our partners across the industry, we intend to deliver purposeful computing experiences that unlock people's potential - allowing each person use our products to focus, create and connect in ways that matter most to them. As the largest business unit at Intel, CCG is investing more heavily in the PC, ramping its capabilities even more aggressively, and designing the PC experience even more deliberately, including delivering a predictable cadence of leadership products. As a result, we are able to fuel innovation across Intel, providing an important source of IP and scale, as well as help the company deliver on its purpose of enriching the lives of every person on earth.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

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Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US:

$186,070.00-$262,680.00

Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience.

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Semiconductor Manufacturing

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