// Open Role at Intel
Join Intel's Data Center Group as a Circuit Design Engineer, optimizing cutting-edge digital circuits for custom blocks like SRAM and caches. You'll ensure designs meet power, performance, and area goals for high-performance data center solutions.
The Role and Impact
As a Circuit Design Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and optimizing cutting-edge digital circuits for custom blocks such as SRAM, register files, memory compilers, and caches. In this role, you'll focus on schematic entry, simulation, and functionality verification, ensuring designs meet power, performance, and area goals. Your contributions will directly impact the development of high-performance solutions used across Intel's data center technologies.
Business group
You will be part of the Data Center Group (DCG), a team dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions that power the world's data centers and transform how businesses operate. By enabling advanced computing capabilities, the DCG team plays a critical role in supporting Intel's commitment to shaping the future of computing.
What You’ll Do
Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:
Design and optimize digital circuits for custom blocks, including SRAM, register files, memory compilers, and caches.
Perform circuit design, schematic entry, simulation, and functionality verification for major blocks.
Create block-level DFT models, develop memory test tools, and enhance design flows/methodologies for improved efficiency.
Collaborate with architecture, layout, and cross-functional teams to ensure optimal circuit performance, power, area, and yield.
Analyze and resolve circuit design issues, driving innovations to reduce leakage, optimize performance, and enhance robustness of circuits.
Characterize memory instances and memory compilers to ensure high-quality designs that meet specified design goals.
Behavioral traits that we are looking for:
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You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.
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Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelors degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or relevant field with 1+ years of educational or work experience. Or a Master’s degree in same field with 3+ months of educational experience.
Your experience described above must be in the following:
Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
Familiarity with designing circuits for power, performance, area, and yield optimization.
Understanding of DFT models and memory characterization techniques.
Ready to Launch Your Career?
If you're excited about semiconductor technology, eager to learn from experienced engineers, and ready to contribute to products that impact millions of people around the world, we encourage you to apply.
Join Intel and help build the technologies that power the future.
Our shared goal is to move quickly to attract and engage strong early-career talent while maintaining a high-quality candidate experience and efficient hiring process.
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Shift 1 (United States of America)
US, California, Folsom
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.
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We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.
Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $105,650.00-149,150.00 USD
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Work Model for this Role
This role will require an on-site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a relevant field with 1+ years of educational or work experience, OR a Master’s degree in the same field with 3+ months of educational experience. Must have experience with circuit simulation tools and methodologies, and with digital circuit design, schematic entry, and verification processes. Preferred qualifications include familiarity with designing circuits for power, performance, area, and yield optimization, and understanding of DFT models and memory characterization techniques.