CareerPlan

CPU Performance Research Engineer

Santa Clara, California, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-10-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Drive innovation in next-generation CPU performance, efficiency, and scalability through forward-looking research on novel CPU architectures and disruptive performance ideas.

Role type

Senior IC CPU Performance Research Engineer

Builds

High performance, low power CPUs

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Architecture

Required skills

CPU architecture modeling, microarchitecture design, workload analysis, C/C++ programming, simulation environment management

Preferred skills

OS internals knowledge, compiler technology, performance benchmarking

Technologies

C, C++, Perl, Python

Responsibilities

Collaborate with CPU Performance Architecture and RTL teams to identify product improvement opportunities; Perform self-guided exploratory studies to evaluate new CPU performance ideas and novel microarchitectures; Analyze workloads to identify performance bottlenecks and opportunities; Prototype features in CPU architectural performance model; Work with RTL and design team to assess implementation cost for new features; Collaborate with performance team to maintain and improve the simulation environment for increased productivity