Senior CPU Performance Architect
Intel· enterprise· Semiconductors· Mar 19, 2026 · 7mo agoPosted 222 days ago
Austin, TX
In office
Full-time
Senior
$191K–$361K
10+ years exp
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Job Description: The Role and Impact
As a CPU Performance Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Intel s cutting-edge CPU designs, driving innovation across high-performance computing and extreme low-power products. This position offers the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of technological advancements, defining and delivering architecture specifications that directly impact Intel s success and industry leadership. Your contributions will influence the performance, scalability, and efficiency of CPUs that serve diverse market segments, from enterprise solutions to edge computing devices.
Through collaboration with cross-functional teams, you will invent novel microarchitectural approaches, overcome bottlenecks, and refine designs to meet stringent constraints and evolving demands. Your work will enable Intel to consistently push boundaries and deliver CPUs that meet and exceed customer expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Develops and drives end-to-end CPU microarchitecture specifications for highly optimized, modular, and scalable CPU based on hardware features, requirements, and interoperability of hardware and software throughout the product life cycle.
Evaluates feasibility tradeoffs, explores, and defines new approaches and novel microarchitectures for CPU.
Models CPU performance and power characteristics and analyzes the bottlenecks of current performance features on workloads that reflect CPU future usage.
Collaborates with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during the execution of the project.
Delivers definition of new microarchitecture and finds mitigations for issues that arise during feature implementation to improve the overall design of CPU and overcome bottlenecks and constraints.
Participates in the debug and fixing of performance miscorrelation between RTL and\or silicon results against the performance model.
Candidate must have experience in designing high performance CPUs and should be an expert in at-least one or multiple domains across the CPU (Branch Prediction, Fetch/Decode, Rename/Allocation, Reservation Stations/Execution, Memory Subsystem or Prefetchers and its interactions with Uncore).
Experience in debugging microarchitecture and simulation issues.
Strong background in microarchitecture/RTL/logic development.
Proven ability to resolve complex problems, applying analytical and technical skills effectively.
Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications
The candidate must have a Master s Degree with at 10 years of experience or a PhD (with dissertation within a general CPU performance domain) with 6 years of experience working within a high performance, high frequency ARM or x86 CPU performance team.
Candidate must have at 8 years of continuous work within cycle accurate C CPU performance simulators
Preferred Qualifications
Background in CPU microarchitecture and experience modeling features in a cycle accurate performance simulator.
Experience in microarchitecture exploration and identifying new features which provide IPC across the CPU.
Experience with CPU performance related activities from inception to real silicon (pathfinding, definition, correlation with RTL and Post-Si performance debug and tuning)
Experience with performance scenarios/use cases and KPI/workloads
Advanced skills with Object Oriented Programming (C /STL) and scripting languages
Ability to write assembly and craft tests to evaluate and debug microarchitectural features
Ability to read/debug performance issues in RTL
Join Intel and become part of a team dedicated to transforming computing architecture for a smarter, faster, and more connected world.
Job Type: Experienced Hire
Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location: US, Texas, Austin
Additional Locations: US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, California, Folsom, US, California, Santa Clara, US, Oregon, Hillsboro
Business group: Silicon and Platform Engineering Group (SPE): Deliver breakthrough silicon and platform solutions that deliver industry-leading products today while also defining the next generation of computing experiences.
Posting Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance. Position of Trust This role is a Position of Trust. Should you accept this position, you must consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (subject to country law), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internals, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For additional questions, please contact your Recruiter.
Benefits
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel .
Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $190,610.00-361,480.00 USD
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Work Model for this Role
This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.
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