Power and Performance Architect

Job Title

Power and Performance Architect

Role Summary

Define and optimize system-level power and performance targets for client and server platforms. Work with IP, SoC, platform, and software teams to create workload-driven models, projections, and recommendations that influence product roadmaps and architecture tradeoffs.

Position sits within a silicon and platform engineering organization and requires cross-functional collaboration with architecture, design, post-silicon, platform, and business teams. Hybrid role based in Hillsboro, OR.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The posting specifies 4+ years of relevant experience in system, SoC, or architectural roles.

Responsibilities

The role owns system-level power and performance modeling, targets, tools, and analyses to guide design and product decisions.

• Drive system-level power and performance projections using representative workload models and workload characterization.
• Develop and maintain long-term power and performance models for CPU, GPU, memory IPs, and full SoC to support pathfinding and comparative analysis.
• Define power and performance targets and drive execution across development phases from pathfinding to silicon.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance modeling tools, flows, and methodologies for fast iteration and sensitivity analysis.
• Identify technology and market trends, risks, and opportunities that affect competitiveness and workload characteristics.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to architecture, planning, marketing, and executive leadership to inform roadmap and product decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with architecture, design, post-silicon, platform, and business teams to ensure system-level goals are met.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications and skills; preferred items listed separately.

• Must-have: 4+ years of relevant experience in system, SoC, or architectural roles (experience-level noted above).
• Must-have: Advanced understanding of SoC behavior and power/performance modeling across compute, memory hierarchy, and interconnects.
• Must-have: Experience in workload modeling, workload characterization, or workload abstraction.
• Must-have: Strong problem-solving skills, attention to modeling assumptions and data quality, and excellent communication/presentation skills for senior audiences.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with Python or scripting to build analysis tools and modeling frameworks.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with RTL, structural design, validation, post-silicon measurement and correlation to models.
• Nice-to-have: Background in high-performance computing, graphics, or AI accelerator workloads; semiconductor physics and process technology knowledge.
• Nice-to-have: Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives, competitive analysis, and long-term roadmap planning.

Education Requirements

Degree expected: B.Sc., M.Sc., or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field. The posting allows these degrees and implies they may be supplemented by equivalent practical experience.

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.