Systems Research Engineer​/Scientist

The Silicon & Systems Architecture, Simulation and Prototyping team within Intel CTO Team is an innovative research group that works closely with Intel product groups, industry partners, and the academic community to drive technological advancement and business impact. The group focuses on system architecture innovations across areas such as high-performance cluster computing, virtualization, accelerated computing, disaggregated compute architectures, memory tiering, and system-level modeling and simulation for next-generation data center networks, leveraging AI/ML for higher efficiency and performance.

We are looking for a highly motivated researcher with strong systems knowledge and hands‑on systems experience with AI workloads. In this role you will prototype, characterize, and analyze target workloads; develop tools and methodology to assess the performance of future Intel products; and partner with others to identify and develop system enhancements to improve future Intel products. Your work will influence Intel's next-generation product roadmap and architectural decisions.

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or related computing discipline with 4+ years of related experience
• MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or related computing discipline with 2+ years of related experience
• Experience in computer architecture and Intel platform architecture
• Knowledge of and hands‑on experience with system software (e.g., OS/VMM memory management, scheduling, kernel/driver architectures)
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python/Perl/Power Shell/shell and programming languages such as C/C++
• Experience with Linux installation/configuration
• Experience in performance benchmarking

• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or related computing discipline
• Experience configuring/using VMMs/containers and/or corresponding orchestration tools
• Experience in modeling and analysis (including AI inference or training)
• Experience with hardware and software performance monitoring resources (e.g., EMON, VTune, Perf, sysstat)
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and libraries (e.g., Pytorch, CUDA, vLLM, Triton, NCCL, oneCCL, oneAPI)
• Experience with GPU performance profiling (e.g., Unitrace, Nsight, Omnitrace)
• Experience with high‑performance and cloud‑native architectures and technologies (MPI, DPDK/SPDK, micro‑services, containers, protobuf, gRPC)
• Background in data science methods and tools (e.g., Pandas, R, MATLAB)
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools

Job Type: Experienced Hire
Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location: US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Benefits: Competitive pay, stock bonuses, health, retirement, and vacation. Annual Salary Range: $– USD

Work Model: Hybrid – employees may split their time between working on‑site and off‑site at the assigned Intel site.

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.

Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. No recruitment fees or other charges will be requested from candidates. If you are asked to pay any fees during the hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.