Lead Senior Design Engineer – AI SoC Development
Intel · USA - CA - Folsom, United States
About this role
Job Details: Job Description: Intel’s AI SoC organization develops cutting-edge products powering a wide range of AI applications—from edge devices to data center accelerators. If you are an engineer with strong technical and communication skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment with abundant learning opportunities, this is your chance to shape the future of AI hardware. Role Overview As a Lead Senior Design Engineer – AI SoC Development , you will be responsible for defining, implementing, and validating complex SoC IP blocks and subsystems, ensuring they meet stringent power, performance, and security requirements
You will collaborate across architecture, verification, and physical design teams to deliver high-quality silicon for next-generation AI solutions. Key Responsibilities Architectural Leadership: Evaluate trade-offs across features, performance targets, power constraints, and system limitations. Microarchitecture & RTL Development: Define and document microarchitecture for complex SoC IP blocks; implement RTL in Verilog/System Verilog, integrate at top level, and deliver synthesis- and timing-clean designs
Verification Collaboration: Partner with verification teams to ensure comprehensive coverage and robust validation of all design aspects. Timing & Physical Design Support: Develop and maintain timing constraints; guide physical design teams on synthesis, timing closure, and formal equivalence checks. Silicon Bring-Up: Drive post-silicon validation, debug, and performance analysis
Mentorship & Methodology: Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices for design methodology and quality. Additional Responsibilities Perform quality checks across RTL, timing, and power convergence. Apply secure development practices to address security threat models and objectives
Collaborate with IP providers for integration and validation at the SoC level. Drive compliance for smooth IP-to-SoC handoff. Additional Skills: Ability to lead projects, wor
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