Server CPU SoC Architect - Performance & Power

Intel; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 141,910 - 269,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Vacation

Job summary

Intel is seeking an experienced Server CPU SoC Architect to define and drive innovative CPU architectures across high-performance computing and edge products. You will model performance and power, explore novel architectural approaches, and lead cross-functional efforts to meet aggressive targets.

Hybrid work model with diverse US locations, including Hillsboro and Santa Clara. The role emphasizes end-to-end architecture specifications, feasibility studies, and collaboration with architecture,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in CPU architecture.
• 4+ years in SoC architecture and development methodologies.
• Experience with instruction set architecture (ISA) development.

Responsibilities

• Define and document end-to-end architecture specifications, ensuring modularity, scalability, and compatibility with hardware and software requirements.
• Explore and develop new architectural approaches, novel features, and inventive solutions to meet performance, power, and area optimization targets.
• Conduct detailed feasibility studies and tradeoff analyses to define CPU requirements and content, including new instructions to support emerging use cases.
• Model CPU performance and power, analyze bottlenecks, and propose architectural improvements based on future workload predictions.
• Develop test plans, testing infrastructure, and simulations for new features, using advanced statistical methods to analyze results and benchmark CPU performance.
• Collaborate across architecture, design, verification, and validation teams to ensure seamless execution of CPU projects and deliver optimized solutions.
• Influence cross-functional roadmaps and define technology targets that align with Intel's future CPU strategies.

Skills

CPU architecture

SoC architecture

Performance modeling

Power optimization

ISA development

Fabric/Interconnect

PCIe/CXL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer Science

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Intel is seeking an experienced Server CPU SoC Architect to define and drive innovative CPU architectures across high-performance computing and edge products. You will model performance and power, explore novel architectural approaches, and lead cross-functional efforts to meet aggressive targets.

Hybrid work model with diverse US locations, including Hillsboro and Santa Clara. The role emphasizes end-to-end architecture specifications, feasibility studies, and collaboration with architecture,