# CPU Physical Design Engineer

Hiring organization: [Intel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/intel)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/36065683-265c-4e0a-90ec-712ceee377de

Listed on Intel's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Austin, TX
- Salary: 141910 – 269100 USD per year

## Summary

This role involves taking CPU designs from logic to manufacturing-ready layouts, managing the full physical design flow including timing, power delivery, and verification. It suits experienced hardware design engineers with deep expertise in EDA tools and processor architecture who want to work on Intel's leading-edge processor lines.

_Our summary, not Intel's wording._

## Skills named

Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, Clock Tree Synthesis, Static Timing Analysis, Tcl

## Required

- Bachelor's in Computer or Electrical Engineering plus 6+ years relevant experience, or Master's degree plus 4+ years experience
- 4+ years synthesizing digital logic blocks or partitions
- 1+ tape-out completion on advanced technologies
- 4+ years with integrated circuit design tools including synthesis, place and route, timing analysis
- 4+ years PV convergence experience including static timing and power analysis
- 4+ years chip physical design verification including formal equivalence and DRC/LVS
- 4+ years scripting with TCL

## Nice to have

- 8+ years tape-out experience
- Knowledge of floor-planning, routing, and clock distribution best practices
- Strong static timing analysis, noise analysis, and reliability verification skills
- RTL to GDS methodology expertise
- CPU-level timing analysis and optimization experience
- Experience generating and verifying timing constraints for CPU cores
- Experience collaborating with clocking and full-chip design teams

Apply on Intel's site: https://intel.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/US-Texas-Austin/CPU-Physical-Design-Engineer_JR0284360