CPU Power Management and Performance Architect

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Intel is shaping the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world. Our work in pushing forward fields like AI, analytics, and cloud-to-edge technology is at the heart of countless innovations. With a career at Intel, you'll have the opportunity to use technology to power major breakthroughs and create enhancements that improve our everyday quality of life.

Join us and help make the future more wonderful for everyone.

We are seeking an experienced SoC CPU power-management professional to define and drive the power-management architecture for next-generation mobile and desktop client processors. In this role, you will own end-to-end CPU power and performance requirements within the broader SoC, define differentiated architectural features and control mechanisms, and guide their implementation from early product definition through post-silicon validation. You will work closely with CPU microarchitecture, SoC integration, silicon design, firmware, operating system, validation, thermal, and product teams to deliver industry-leading performance, energy efficiency, and user experiences.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Own the power-management and performance architecture for mobile and desktop CPUs as part of the CPU architecture team. Define architectural capabilities, develop innovative techniques, guide implementation, and drive energy efficiency across operating conditions and product segments. Define and analyze CPU power and performance requirements, budgets, and interfaces within the SoC, working across CPU cores, shared caches, interconnects, memory, accelerators, and platform IP.

Create and maintain workload-based CPU and SoC power and performance models and targets; correlate predictions with pre- and post-silicon data; and apply the results to improve current implementations and future architectures across idle, sustained, burst, and peak workloads. Partner with firmware and operating system teams to define end-to-end CPU and platform power-management capabilities, including DVFS policies, clock and power gating, idle-state management, telemetry, residency, latency, and quality-of-service tradeoffs.

Influence CPU microarchitecture and SoC fabric, memory, and I/O architecture to optimize power efficiency, performance, throughput, latency, and quality of service under representative real-world workloads. Lead cross-functional architecture and design reviews, drive tradeoff decisions across power, performance, area, cost, thermals, and product experience, and align CPU, SoC integration, validation, firmware, operating system, and product teams. Translate product usage models and competitive insights into clear architectural requirements, feature specifications, and measurable success criteria;

track execution and communicate risks, decisions, and progress to technical and product leadership.

A successful candidate will also demonstrate:
System-level thinking and the ability to connect detailed design decisions to CPU, SoC, and product-level outcomes. Strong analytical problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on innovation, feasibility assessment, and disciplined exploration of architectural tradeoffs. Technical leadership and communication skills to influence CPU architecture, SoC design, firmware, validation, and product roadmaps across organizational boundaries. Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to expand deep technical expertise into broader architecture ownership while advancing energy-efficient computing.

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 6+ years of relevant experience; master’s degree with 4+ years; or PhD with 2+ years. The specialized experience described below may be included within this overall experience. Within that experience, 4+ years in SoC or IP architecture, CPU or SoC design, microarchitecture, power and performance engineering, or a closely related technical field.

Extensive experience in CPU or SoC design, microarchitecture, architecture, or power and performance engineering; candidates with deep design expertise and demonstrated system-level leadership who are ready to grow into an architecture role are encouraged to apply. Proven experience designing, integrating, or architecting compute SoCs, CPUs, or complex silicon IP, with an understanding of how local design decisions affect…