Intel Corporation · 2 hours ago
CPU Core Physical Design Engineer
US, California, Folsom
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry Level
$106K/yr - $200K/yr
1+ years expIntel Corporation is a leading technology company known for engineering innovations that enrich lives globally. The CPU Core Physical Design Engineer will be responsible for implementing physical design of custom CPU designs and conducting various aspects of the CPU physical design flow to ensure high-quality design ready for manufacturing.
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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 include 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, low power 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
The candidate must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical/Electronic Engineering or any STEM related degree and 1+ years of relevant experience -OR- Master's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical/Electronic Engineering or any STEM related degree
At least a year of experience with VLSI circuit design and synthesis
At least a year of experience with Static timing analysis
At least a year of experience with Low power design
Preferred
2+ years of experience in x86 CPU architecture
2+ years of experience in TCL/Perl/Python programming
Benefits
Competitive pay
Stock bonuses
Benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation
Company
Intel Corporation
Our mission is to shape the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world, that’s the power of Intel Inside.
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