Memory Circuit Design Engineer
Core
Design and development of advanced memory circuits (SRAMs, caches, register files, ROMs) for future CPU and SoC products to enable industry-leading power, performance, and area (PPA) on advanced CMOS processes.
Role type
Senior IC memory circuit design engineer
Builds
Full-custom and compiler-based memory circuits and associated digital blocks for Intel CPUs and SoCs
Domain
Semiconductor / VLSI / CPU Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
CMOS circuit design, VLSI design methodologies, memory circuit design, power/performance/area (PPA) optimization, bit-cell and complex periphery IC design, memory array/IP design, circuit trade-offs, dynamic simulations, variation analysis, signal integrity analysis
Preferred skills
Low-power implementation techniques, circuit and layout trade-offs for optimized design, industry standard digital circuit design tools and flows
Technologies
Advanced CMOS process technologies, VLSI design tools, dynamic simulation tools
Responsibilities
Technical readiness, memory circuit design, characterization and simulations; Cache design, critical path simulations and design custom blocks; Memory path-finding activities and PPA optimization; Memory bit-cell and complex periphery IC design and automation; Memory array/IP design and circuit innovation; Methodology definition and project execution
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC