Senior CPU Silicon Analysis Engineer

Job Title

Senior CPU Silicon Analysis Engineer

Role Summary

Join Intel's architecture team to lead silicon characterization and analysis for CPU designs. The role owns silicon bring-up, lab maintenance, structured measurement campaigns, and the analysis that informs CPU roadmap and architectural decisions.

Work cross-functionally with architecture, benchmarking, backend design, and simulation teams to correlate lab results with pre-silicon models and drive root-cause analysis.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 8+ years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include hands-on lab work, measurement campaign design, data analysis, and communicating results to engineering leadership.

• Own and operate lab infrastructure for systematic silicon characterization, including bring-up, maintenance, and debug of pre-production and production platforms.
• Plan and execute measurements across metrics such as performance, IPC, power, dynamic capacitance (Cdyn), leakage, voltage-frequency curves, and microarchitectural telemetry.
• Design and run structured measurement campaigns across workloads, thermal and power envelopes, and operating conditions.
• Analyze silicon data to identify power/performance gaps, anomalies, and opportunities versus architectural targets.
• Collaborate with architecture, backend design, benchmarking, and simulation teams to correlate lab results with pre-silicon models and drive root-cause analysis.
• Develop tooling, scripts, and automation to streamline data collection, processing, and reporting pipelines.
• Produce technical reports and presentations for engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, lab experience, and analytical capabilities.

Must-have:

• Hands-on experience with silicon lab environments: platform bring-up, debug, and instrumentation.
• Experience collecting and analyzing silicon power and performance metrics (e.g., IPC, frequency, Cdyn, leakage, performance telemetry).
• Proficiency in scripting for test automation and data analysis (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to derive actionable conclusions from complex, multi-dimensional silicon data sets.
• Clear technical communication and ability to present findings to engineering peers and leadership.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience characterizing CPU silicon across multiple designs and operating conditions.
• Familiarity with EMON/PMU-based profiling and OS-level performance tooling.
• Understanding of CPU microarchitecture and backend concepts (voltage-frequency corners, leakage-frequency tradeoffs, process library characteristics).
• Exposure to RTL simulation or pre-silicon performance modeling and correlation workflows.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline (with 8+ years relevant industry experience), or a Master's degree in a related discipline (with 6+ years relevant industry experience). Fields cited: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical disciplines.

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.