Cpu Memory Design Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Texas, Austin, United States

CPU Memory Design Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and building full-custom and compiler-based SRAMs, Large Signal Arrays, ROMs, custom memories, digital circuits, and Caches for Intel CPUs and SOCs. Involves technical readiness, circuit design, characterization, simulations, cache design, critical path simulations, PPA optimization, bit-cell and periphery IC design, automation, IP design, and methodology definition.

What you'd actually do

  1. designing, developing, and building full-custom as well as compiler-based SRAMs, Large Signal Arrays (custom multi-ported register file), ROMs, custom memories, digital circuits and Caches for Intel CPU and SOCs.
  2. Technical readiness, memory circuit design, characterization and simulations.
  3. Cache design, critical path simulations and design custom blocks to meet stringent Power/Performance/Area constraints.
  4. Memory path-finding activities and power, performance and area (PPA) optimization.
  5. Memory bit-cell and complex periphery IC design and automation.

Skills

Required

  • CMOS circuit design
  • digital logic optimizations
  • circuit trade-offs for power, performance, and area
  • VLSI circuits
  • design methodologies

Nice to have

  • low-power implementation techniques
  • memory design
  • circuit and layout trade-offs
  • EBB design tools, flows and methodologies
  • signal integrity analysis
  • analytical and problem-solving skills
  • prioritize tasks
  • work in dynamic environments