Network Silicon Architect
Intel CorporationJob Title
Network Silicon Architect
Role Summary
Senior architect responsible for defining transport and networking silicon architecture for large-scale AI, cloud, and HPC systems. The role spans silicon, firmware, software, system architecture, and industry interfaces to optimize data movement, reliability, and performance at scale.
Experience Level
Senior. Experience guidance provided by employer: 12+ years with a bachelor's degree, 8+ years with a master's degree, or 6+ years with a PhD in relevant domains.
Responsibilities
Define and drive architecture decisions for high-performance network transports and fabrics that influence datacenter cluster performance.
- Define transport architectures including RDMA transports and protocol design.
- Architect congestion management, flow control, and traffic engineering solutions for large fabrics.
- Design reliability mechanisms and optimizations for latency, throughput, and tail performance.
- Optimize collective communication and AI/HPC communication patterns for scalable workloads.
- Work across silicon, firmware, host software, and switch/NIC interfaces to produce deployable specifications.
- Provide technical and industry leadership, driving cross-team integration and ecosystem alignment.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and domain experience.
- Deep expertise in silicon design, silicon architecture, and micro-architecture.
- Strong understanding of networking technologies (Ethernet, IP) and transport protocols.
- Hands-on experience with congestion control, flow control, traffic engineering, and fabric behavior at scale.
- Experience with RDMA, NIC, and switch interactions across hardware and software stacks.
- Proven ability to analyze performance and scalability limits (latency, throughput, packet loss, tail performance).
- Experience translating workload and application requirements into transport and network architecture specifications.
- Experience designing communication systems that span hardware, firmware, software, and system-level components.
- Ability to collaborate across teams and influence technical direction in an industry ecosystem.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Employer guidance on experience: 12+ years with a bachelor's degree, 8+ years with a master's degree, or 6+ years with a PhD in networking, distributed systems, datacenter infrastructure, silicon development, or related domains.
About the Company
Company: Intel Corporation
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
Intel Corporation is a leading multinational technology company known for its innovative semiconductor solutions, including microprocessors, artificial intelligence accelerators, and memory products. Headquartered in the United States, Intel focuses on cutting-edge technology and a collaborative working environment, driving advancements in semiconductor manufacturing to meet global demands. The company emphasizes professional development and aims to shape the future of technology through groundbreaking designs.
