CPU Circuit Design Engineer
Core
Drives performance verification methodology, circuit/timing quality signoff, and process node evaluation for CPU design teams.
Role type
Senior IC CPU circuit design engineer
Builds
CPU silicon products for Intel's Silicon and Platform Engineering Group
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing, CPU backend design, advanced process technologies
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
CPU circuit design, Static Timing Analysis (STA), performance verification (PV) methodology, circuit simulations, block scaling methods, PPA trade-off analysis, pre-silicon verification, post-silicon debug
Preferred skills
Tape-in signoff criteria, guiding post-silicon debug, leading small technical teams, handling fuzzy task definitions
Technologies
Advanced process nodes, RTL/circuit/SD domains
Responsibilities
Drive performance verification methodology and circuit/timing quality signoff; Evaluate new process nodes via circuit simulations and block scaling; Make trade-offs between performance, power, area, and effort; Converge with RTL/circuit/SD domains to timing targets; Own pre-to-post silicon verification correlation and debug circuit marginality sightings
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
