Senior Out-of-Order CPU Architect

The Role and Impact

As a CPU Architect, you will be at the forefront of Intel's innovation, shaping the future of CPU designs for high-performance computing and low-power products. This role is integral to Intel's mission to deliver cutting-edge solutions that power the world's technology, from advanced data centers to everyday consumer devices.

You will play a pivotal role in driving end-to-end CPU architecture specifications, ensuring optimal performance, power efficiency, scalability, and interoperability across hardware and software. Through creative problem-solving and collaboration, you will influence cross-functional roadmaps, define technology targets, and deliver revolutionary CPU architectures that meet diverse market requirements.

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 deliver optimized CPUs for multiple segments, from high-performance computing to extreme low-power applications.
• Invent, conceptualize, and specify architectural and microarchitecture features that address 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/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.
• Capable of, but not often required to in your role, of directly implementing your microarchitectural specifications in system verilog. If designers require aid in converging timing and/or power constraints, you are expected to be able to do the work yourself and solve the issues quickly.
• Review and influence cross-functional roadmaps and collaborate with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during project execution.
• Drive definition of new microarchitectures and identify mitigations for issues during feature implementation to improve CPU designs.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ consecutive years of experience within high performance/high frequency ARM or x86 CPU organizations working in either the design or architectural domain. Ideally both.
• 10+ years of experience working within the out-of-order sections of the CPU pipeline. This includes the areas of 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Additional information

We invite you to join us in shaping the future of computing technology. Apply today to make your mark on the next-generation CPUs driving the world forward.

• Job Type: Experienced Hire
• Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
• Primary Location: US, Texas, Austin

Business group

Silicon and Platform Engineering Group (SPE): Deliver breakthrough silicon and platform solutions that deliver industry-leading products today while also defining the next generation of computing experiences.

Position of Trust

This role is a Position of Trust. Should you accept this position, you must consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (subject to country law), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internals, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For additional questions, please contact your Recruiter.

Benefits

• We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry.
• It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation.
• Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $190,610.00-361,480.00 USD

• The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations.
• Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
• Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.