Intel Corporation · 2 days ago
CPU Physical Design Engineer
US, Texas, Austin
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $269K/yr
5+ years expIntel Corporation is a leader in engineering and technology, creating world-changing products that enrich lives globally. The CPU Physical Design Engineer will be responsible for the physical design implementation of custom CPU designs, overseeing the entire CPU physical design flow, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize CPU design parameters.
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Responsibilities
Performs physical design implementation of custom CPU designs from RTL to GDS to create a design database that is ready for manufacturing
Conducts all aspects of the CPU physical design flow including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, static timing analysis, power/clock distribution, reliability, and power and noise analysis
Conduct verification and signoff including formal equivalence verification, static timing analysis, reliability verification, static and dynamic power integrity, layout verification, electrical rule checking, and structural design checking
Analyzes results and makes recommendations to improve current and future CPU microarchitectures closely collaborating with logic, circuit, architecture, and design automation teams
Possesses CPU specific expertise in various aspects of structural and physical design, including physical clock design, timing closure, coverage analysis, multiple power domain analysis, structured placement, routing, synthesis, and DFT
Works intimately with industry EDA vendors to build and enhance tool capabilities to design a highspeed, lowpower synthesizable CPU
Optimizes CPU design to improve product level parameters such as power, frequency, and area
Participates in the development and improvement of physical design methodologies and flow automation
Qualification
Required
Bachelors' degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience
Master Degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related field 6+ years of relevant experience
PhD Degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related field 5+ years of relevant experience
Must have experience in some or most of the following: Synthesis, Placement (PnR), Routing, CTS (clocks), PostRoute Optimization, Verification and Sign-off, PrimeTime, Timing ECOs
Preferred
Strongly prefer individuals who have gone through multiple Tape-in Cycles and contribute as a senior member of the team
Experience in physical design EDA tools, Perl and Tcl Programming, Low power and high performance design principals, familiarity with Verilog and CPU architecture
Benefits
Competitive pay
Stock bonuses
Benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation
Company
Intel Corporation
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