CPU Circuit Design Engineer

Full-time - Entry Level

Austin, TX

About the position

Do Something Wonderful! Intel put the Silicon in Silicon Valley. No one else is this obsessed with engineering a brighter future. Every day, we create world changing technology that enriches the lives of every person on earth. So, if you have a big idea, let's do something wonderful together. Join us, because at Intel, we are building a better tomorrow. The Atom CPU Circuit Technology team is looking for a highly motivated and technically savvy individual to join our team as Digital Circuit design engineer to work on full custom and memory circuits. This will be a fast-paced dynamic environment where you will work in the high performance, low power CPU design group on a wide spectrum of circuit activities ranging from technical readiness, device and/or cell characterization, bit-cell simulations, critical path simulations and design custom blocks to meet stringent Power/Performance/Area constraints.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and builds custom digital circuits for a CPU, including memory and caches.
• Designs floorplans, performs circuit design, schematic entry, simulation for CPU blocks, and verifies functionality to optimize custom circuit for CPU power, performance, area, timing, and yield goals.
• Creates block level DFT models, develops memory test tools, and improves and automates flows and methodologies to ensure streamlining of design.
• Collaborates cross functionally to report design progress and to collect, track, and resolve any performance and CPU design issues.
• Optimizes performance, power, and area, reduce leakage of CPU circuits, and drives characterization of individual memory instances and memory compilers.
• Works with CPU architecture and layout teams to design circuit for best functionality, robustness, and electrical capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering or any STEM related degree with 1+ years of experience in a high-tech company – OR - Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering or any STEM related degree – OR - PhD in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering or any STEM related degree.
• 1+ years of experience and strong fundamentals in Complementary MOS (CMOS) circuits design.
• 1+ years of experience and strong fundamentals in Digital logic and optimizations.
• 1+ years of experience and strong fundamentals in Circuit design trade-off for power, performance and area.
• 1+ years of experience and strong fundamentals in Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI).
• 1+ years of experience and strong fundamentals in Low power implementation techniques.
• 1+ years of experience and strong fundamentals in Memory design experience.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Stock options
• Bonuses
• Health benefits
• Retirement plans
• Vacation