Senior Out-of-Order CPU Architect
Intel CorporationAustin, Texas, United States
Posted March 19, 2026
190610 - 361480 USD
About the Company
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. With more ingenuity and creativity inside, our work is at the heart of countless innovations. From major breakthroughs to things that make everyday life better— they’re all powered by Intel technology. With a career at Intel, you can help make the future more wonderful for everyone.
Job Description
As a CPU Architect, you will be at the forefront of Intel's innovation, shaping the future of CPU designs for high-performance computing and low-power products. You will drive end-to-end CPU architecture specifications, ensure optimal performance, power efficiency, scalability, and interoperability across hardware and software. You will influence cross-functional roadmaps, define technology targets, and deliver revolutionary CPU architectures that meet diverse market requirements.
Requirements
- Develop and drive end-to-end CPU architecture specifications based on hardware features, requirements, and lifecycle needs.
- Define CPU targets for performance, power, frequency, area, and feature content to align with market requirements.
- Explore new approaches and devise novel architectures that deliver optimized CPUs for multiple segments, from high-performance computing to extreme low-power applications.
- Invent, conceptualize, and specify architectural and microarchitecture features that address future CPU usage and segment needs.
- Define and document new instructions to support innovative use cases and improve existing ones, enhancing the instruction set architecture (ISA).
- Develop and execute test plans and infrastructure for new architectures/features, simulate functional models, and analyze test results using advanced statistical techniques.
- Propose experimental changes and design alternatives to meet constraints for performance, power, area, and timing.
- Capable of, but not often required to in your role, of directly implementing your microarchitectural specifications in system verilog.
- Review and influence cross-functional roadmaps and collaborate with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during project execution.
- Drive definition of new microarchitectures and identify mitigations for issues during feature implementation to improve CPU designs.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Stock bonuses
- Health benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Vacation benefits