CPU Physical Design Engineer

## CPU Physical Design Engineer Apply:
US, Texas, Austin:
Full time:
Posted Today:
End Date:
October 31, 2026 (22 days left to apply):
JR0287930#
** Job Details:**##

Job Description:

** The Role
** Do you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and pushing the boundaries of CPU performance?  Join Intel’s CPU Design team and help develop the next generation of high-performance processors. As a
** CPU Physical Design Engineer**, you will contribute to the physical implementation and optimization of complex CPU designs, helping achieve ambitious goals for performance, power, area, timing, and manufacturability.  You will work alongside engineers across architecture, logic design, circuit design, design automation, and validation to turn innovative CPU concepts into manufacturable silicon. Your work will contribute directly to technologies enabling the next generation of client, data center, and AI computing.  

This is an opportunity to deepen your physical design expertise, work with advanced semiconductor technologies, and solve challenging engineering problems alongside experienced technical teams.  
** About the Team
** Intel’s CPU Design team within the Silicon and Platform Engineering Group (SPE) develops advanced processor technologies that power the future of computing.  Our engineers bring together expertise across architecture, logic, circuit, physical design, and design automation to build high-performance CPUs using advanced process technologies and innovative design methodologies.  We value technical curiosity, collaboration, continuous learning, and people who are motivated to find better ways to solve complex problems.

** What You’ll Do
**** Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:
*** Implement CPU physical designs from RTL through a design database ready for manufacturing.
* Work across the physical design flow, including floor planning, synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, static timing analysis, power and clock distribution, and design optimization.
* Perform verification and signoff activities such as formal equivalence, reliability verification, layout verification, and structural design checks.
* Analyze design results and identify opportunities to improve power, performance, area, timing, and overall design quality.
* Collaborate with architecture, logic, circuit, and design automation engineers to solve complex CPU design challenges.
* Develop and improve physical design methodologies, flows, and automation.
* Work with internal engineering teams and EDA partners to evaluate and improve design tools and capabilities.
* Apply lessons learned from current designs to help improve future CPU products and methodologies.  
** Behavioral traits that we are looking for:
*** Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
* Ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality results.
* A proactive mindset with the ability to identify challenges, explore solutions, and drive work forward.
* Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across global, multidisciplinary engineering teams.
* Effective written and verbal communication skills.
* Adaptability and comfort working in a dynamic technical environment.
* Curiosity and a desire to continuously learn, grow, and explore new technologies.  Intel invests in our people and offers a complete and competitive package of benefits employees and their families through every stage of life.
* See  Intel Benefits for more details.##
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* Qualifications:

** 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…