Senior Out-of-Order CPU Architect
Intel
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About the opportunity
As a CPU Architect at Intel, you will shape the future of CPU designs for high-performance computing and low-power products.
This role is integral to delivering cutting-edge solutions for data centers and everyday consumer devices, driving end-to-end CPU architecture specifications while ensuring optimal performance, power efficiency, scalability, and hardware-software interoperability.
You will influence cross-functional roadmaps, define technology targets, and deliver revolutionary CPU architectures.
This position is available as an Experienced Hire under Shift 1 in the United States. The primary location is US, Texas, Austin, with a hybrid work model allowing employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and drive end-to-end CPU architecture specifications based on hardware features, requirements, and lifecycle needs.
- Define CPU targets for performance, power, frequency, area, and feature content to align with market requirements.
- Explore new approaches and devise novel architectures that optimize CPUs for multiple segments, from high-performance computing to extreme low-power applications.
- Invent, conceptualize, and specify architectural and microarchitecture features addressing future CPU usage and segment needs.
- Define and document new instructions to support innovative use cases and improve existing ones, enhancing the instruction set architecture (ISA).
- Develop and execute test plans and infrastructure for new architectures and features, simulate functional models, and analyze test results using advanced statistical techniques.
- Propose experimental changes and design alternatives to meet constraints for performance, power, area, and timing.
- Review and influence cross-functional roadmaps and collaborate with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during project execution.
Qualifications
- 15+ consecutive years of experience within high performance/high frequency ARM or x86 CPU organizations working in either the design or architectural domain, or ideally both.
- 10+ years of experience working within the out-of-order sections of the CPU pipeline, including wide instruction rename and allocation, uop/instruction schedulers, and execution units.
- 5+ years writing RTL and owning it through timing and power convergence across multiple generations of a CPU line.
- 2+ years of experience building deep, high frequency advanced integer and/or floating-point/vector schedulers.
- Expertise in CPU architecture fundamentals, microarchitecture design, low-power design, RTL development, and System Verilog.
- Proven ability to debug microarchitecture and simulation issues and solve complex design problems.
Nice to have
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills demonstrated through leadership roles or team management.
- Effective collaboration skills to work across teams and influence cross-functional roadmaps.
- Passion for driving innovation and contributing to Intel's mission of delivering world-class technology solutions.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Stock bonuses
- Health benefit programs
- Retirement programs
- Vacation programs
Annual Salary Range
- $190,610.00 - $361,480.00 USD
Job Type
Experienced Hire
- Location: US, Texas, Austin
About the company
Intel delivers breakthrough silicon and platform solutions that provide industry-leading products today while defining the next generation of computing experiences through the Silicon and Platform Engineering Group (SPE).
Additional information
This role is a Position of Trust, requiring consent to and passage of an extended Background Investigation, which includes extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks.
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