Lead Neuromorphic Front-End Silicon Architect

Intel; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 221,000 - 312,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Intel's Neuromorphic Computing Lab is seeking a front-end silicon lead to supervise design and verification of neuromorphic chiplets and IP. This principal role requires a track record of architecting processors and accelerators, and strong SoC integration experience with Ethernet, PCIe/UCIe, and memory controllers.

You will mentor engineers, drive post-silicon bring-up, and collaborate with software and systems teams to translate AI concepts into manufacturable silicon, including asynchronous

Qualifications

• MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on design experience in processors, accelerators, SoCs, or custom ASICs.
• 5+ years RTL design and modern ASIC flows (synthesis, timing closure, CDC/RDC, formal, DFV).
• 3+ years leading silicon design and/or verification teams.

Responsibilities

• Engage with architects and AI researchers to identify hardware innovations and optimizations, and translate them into implementable microarchitectures.
• Lead a team responsible for design implementation and verification through post-silicon validation.
• Partner with physical/custom design engineers, often first prototyping blocks through place-and-route prior to hand-off, and co-design critical custom circuits such as memories to achieve the best KPIs.
• Evaluate, select, and integrate internal and external IP, including I/O interfaces.
• Work with software and systems teams to enable development long before tape-out and ensure smooth post-silicon bring-up.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen design and verification practices as the program scales.

Skills

RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog)

SoCs/ASIC design

Design verification leadership

Education

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

PhD with a research background in hardware acceleration, especially AI

Tools

FPGA prototyping

Emulation

Place-and-route

IP integration tooling

Job description

Intel's Neuromorphic Computing Lab is seeking a front-end silicon lead to supervise design and verification of neuromorphic chiplets and IP. This principal role requires a track record of architecting processors and accelerators, and strong SoC integration experience with Ethernet, PCIe/UCIe, and memory controllers.

You will mentor engineers, drive post-silicon bring-up, and collaborate with software and systems teams to translate AI concepts into manufacturable silicon, including asynchronous