Neuromorphic Silicon Lead — Frontend ASIC Architect

Intel Corporation; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 312,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Vacation

Job summary

Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon, is seeking a front-end silicon lead to oversee design and verification of neuromorphic chiplets and IP. You will guide a multidisciplinary team from concept to post-silicon bring-up, collaborating with architects, AI researchers, and external IP partners.

The role emphasizes leadership in RTL design, ASIC flows, and SoC integration, including memory and I/O interfaces, with a strong push toward advanced packaging and asynchronous methods.

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 of experience with RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog) 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 translate them into implementable microarchitectures.
• Lead a team responsible for design implementation and verification through post-silicon validation.
• Partner with physical/design engineers, prototyping blocks through place-and-route prior to hand-off, and co-design memories for KPIs.
• Evaluate, select, and integrate internal and external IP, including I/O interfaces.
• Work with software and systems teams to enable development before tape-out and ensure post-silicon bring-up.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen design and verification practices as the program scales.

Skills

Design leadership

RTL design

SoC integration

Post-silicon validation

IP selection & integration

Architect collaboration

Education

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

PhD in hardware AI or related field

Tools

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Emulation/FPGA prototyping

Job description

Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon, is seeking a front-end silicon lead to oversee design and verification of neuromorphic chiplets and IP. You will guide a multidisciplinary team from concept to post-silicon bring-up, collaborating with architects, AI researchers, and external IP partners.

The role emphasizes leadership in RTL design, ASIC flows, and SoC integration, including memory and I/O interfaces, with a strong push toward advanced packaging and asynchronous methods.