Silicon System-on-Chip (SoC) Architect

Silicon SoC Architect

Job Details:

Job Description: 

The Role and Impact:
The Silicon SoC Architect plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of Intel's System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. In this position, you will define and drive end-to-end SoC architecture for highly optimized, modular, and scalable systems that power a diverse range of applications, from high-performance computing to energy-efficient, low-power products. By leveraging your expertise, you will help enable groundbreaking innovation and ensure Intel's technical leadership in the industry. Collaborating across disciplines, you will identify opportunities, analyze trade-offs, and deliver impactful solutions that address complex technical challenges. Your work will directly contribute to the development of world-class products, enhancing interoperability, functionality, and performance across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:
- Define and develop SoC architecture, including firmware, hardware, and platform specifications, to meet performance, power, area, timing, and configuration goals.
- Evaluate feasibility trade-offs and explore innovative approaches and novel architectures for SoC.
- Conceptualize and specify microarchitecture and architectural features for next-generation products designed for multiple segments.
- Drive evaluation and integration of existing IP blocks into new SoCs and specify gaskets or glue logic where needed.
- Develop tests, test plans, and testing infrastructure for new architectures/features for SoC.
- Conduct functional modeling simulations and analyze test results using advanced statistical methods to benchmark performance and identify improvement areas.
- Provide experimental proof-of-concept changes and design alternatives to meet technical constraints.
- Influence and challenge cross-functional roadmaps and define technology targets for future SoCs.
- Collaborate with architects, design engineers, system engineers, and verification engineers to improve overall SoC design and overcome constraints.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering
- 15+ years of relevant experience in SoC architecture and development with a Bachelor's degree;
- Proven expertise in SoC architecture fundamentals, microarchitecture, and methodologies.
- Proficiency in architecture definition and feature specification, RTL and logic development, and system architecture integration.
- Detailed understanding of performance and power trade-offs, clocking, reset, coherency, power management, and performance evaluation.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives or acting as a mentor within SoC architecture teams.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance technical trade-offs and drive strategic decision-making.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively engage with cross-functional teams and influence technical direction.
- A passion for innovation and a proven ability to deliver results in dynamic technical environments.

Join Intel's mission to create industry-leading products that redefine technology's boundaries. Apply now to be a part of a team that drives innovation, shapes the future of computing, and transforms possibilities into reality.

          

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (India)

Primary Location: 

India, Bangalore

Additional Locations:

Business group:

At the Data Center Group (DCG), we're committed to delivering exceptional products and delighting our customers. We offer both broad-market Xeon-based solutions and custom x86-based products, ensuring tailored innovation for diverse needs across general-purpose compute, web services, HPC, and AI-accelerated systems. Our charter encompasses defining business strategy and roadmaps, product management, developing ecosystems and business opportunities, delivering strong financial performance, and reinvigorating x86 leadership. Join us as we transform the data center segment through workload driven leadership products and close collaboration with our partners.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

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.

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