Junior CPU Verification Engineer

Intel Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation in Austin, Texas is seeking a Junior CPU Verification Engineer to join the Atom CPU Design team. You will verify complex processor designs, develop test plans, and collaborate with architects, RTL developers, and design teams to ensure silicon quality and performance.

This college-grad role offers hands-on experience in pre-silicon verification, debugging, and test environment development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering or related field.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to learn new verification methodologies.
• Detail-oriented with good time management.
• Adaptable in a fast-paced technical environment.

Responsibilities

• Verifies complex CPU designs before silicon, develops verification environments and test plans.
• Executes verification tests, analyzes results, and debugs failures.
• Collaborates with CPU architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to meet goals.
• Documents test plans and drives reviews with design and architecture teams.
• Maintains and improves verification infrastructure and methodologies.
• Contributes to architectural and microarchitectural feature verification.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Time management

Growth mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

At Intel, we are shaping the future of computing. Our engineering teams develop the technologies that power billions of devices worldwide, from personal computers and cloud infrastructure to edge computing and artificial intelligence applications.

Join Intel's Atom CPU Design team and become part of a world-class engineering organization responsible for designing and verifying next-generation processor technologies. As a Junior CPU Verification Engineer, you will work alongside experienced architects, designers, and verification engineers to ensure the quality, functionality, and performance of Intel's future CPU products.

The Role

As a CPU Verification Engineer, you will be responsible for verifying complex processor designs before they reach silicon. You will develop verification environments, create test plans, debug failures, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure Intel CPUs meet functional, performance, power, and quality objectives.

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Performs functional verification of CPU logic to ensure design will meet specification requirements.
• Develops IP verification plans, test benches, and the verification environment to ensure coverage to confirm to CPU microarchitecture specifications.
• Executes verification plans and defines and runs system simulation models to verify the design, analyze power and timing, and uncover bugs.
• Replicates, root causes, and debugs issues in the presilicon environment.
• Finds and implements corrective measures to resolve failing tests.
• Collaborates with CPU architects, RTL developers, and physical design teams to improve verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features and to meet functional, performance, and power goals.
• Documents test plans and drive technical reviews of plans and proofs with design and architecture teams.
• Maintains and improves existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology.
• Participates in the definition of architecture and microarchitecture features of the CPU being designed actively.

Behavioral traits that we are looking for:

• Strong analytical thinking and a passion for solving complex technical challenges.
• Curiosity and eagerness to continuously learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective collaboration and teamwork across multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Ability to balance attention to detail while understanding broader system impacts.
• Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• A growth mindset and openness to feedback and continuous improvement.

Why Intel

At Intel, your work will have real-world impact from day one. You'll collaborate with industry-leading engineers, gain mentorship from technical experts, and contribute to cutting-edge processor technologies that enable the next generation of computing.

Whether you're passionate about computer architecture, hardware design, verification methodologies, or emerging AI technologies, Intel provides an environment where you can grow your career while solving some of the industry's most challenging engineering problems.

Job Type:

College Grad

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

US, Texas, Austin

Additional Locations:

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious