CPU Core Timing and Automation Engineer
IntelAbout the role
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Job Description:
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Who We Are
The Full Chip Timing (FCT) Design Automation team plays a critical role in supporting all aspects of full
chip timing integration. Our mission is to enable seamless timing closure and optimization across the
entire backend flow. We develop and maintain automation environments, tools, and methodologies that
ensure high-quality timing models and constraint management.
Who You Are
Some of the responsibilities of this role will include but not limited to:
Performs timing analysis and timing optimization, generates, and verifies timing constraints, and fixes timing violations at chip/block level for SoCs.
Conducts timing rollups, designs for functionality, and develops performance and power optimized clock networks.
Develops and defines methodologies to ensure highest quality of timing models that enable the physical design team to operate efficiently with strong scripting expertise.
Defines the right process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) conditions to be used for timing analysis for a given design based on product plans such as operating conditions and binning.
Works closely with the clocking team and other backend full chip designers for clocking balance, timing fixes, power delivery, and partitioning and rollup generation, producing indicators for the team.
Collaborates with architecture, clocking design, and logic design teams to deliver flow development for chip integration and validates high performance low power clock network guidelines.
Build and maintain automation environments for timing model generation.
Run timing models and generate and publish indicators.
Support backend platforms to resolve timing violations• Drive timing closure across physical design stages
Innovate with AI-based tools, indicators, and ad-hoc automation
Own constraint management and budgeting flows using top high end CAD tools
Proactive, self-driven mindset with strong ownership attitude
Customer-focused and collaborative team player
Curious, innovative, and eager to push boundaries
Qualifications:
You must possess the minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
Minimum Qualifications
The candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics, Electrical, Computer Engineering or a related field with relevant experience with 1+ years of experience in scripting and software development (TCL, Python, AI-based coding tools) -OR- Master’s Degree in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering
At least a year of experience in backend design: synthesis, place and route (P and R)
At least a year of experience with optimization flows of STA tools
Preferred Qualifications
2+ years of experience in:
x86 CPU architecture
TCL/Perl/Python programming
Job Type:
Experienced HireShift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)Primary Location:
US, California, FolsomAdditional Locations:
Business group:
The Central Engineering Group (CEG) is Intel's data-driven organization that builds scalable engineering solutions across three pillars: Product Enablement (IP, tools, and methodologies), Custom ASIC (leveraging existing IP for custom silicon), and Foundry Enablement (supporting top customers and validating technologies). The team focuses on customer-driven, end-to-end solutions with short development cycles to deliver measurable business impact across Intel's product and foundry businesses.Posting Statement:
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