Principal Engineer, SOC Performance Architecture

Intel•Hillsboro, OR

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Principal Engineer in SoC Performance Architecture, you will develop and drive end-to-end architectural power and performance specifications for modular and scalable datacenter products. The role influences technical direction and helps shape Intel’s datacenter organization by advancing performance, power efficiency, and scalability across market segments, including high-performance computing and ultra-low-power products. The position combines technical strategy, architectural innovation, and leadership. It includes modeling and evaluating SoC performance and power, developing architectural and microarchitectural features and methodologies, and collaborating across architecture, design, verification, and validation teams throughout the product lifecycle. The role also involves influencing technical roadmaps, mentoring technical leaders, and supporting community growth. The role is eligible for Intel’s hybrid work model, allowing employees to split time between their assigned Intel site and off-site work. It is a Position of Trust and requires consent to and passage of an extended background investigation, subject to applicable country law. The stated annual salary range for US locations is $220,920 to $311,890; individual pay depends on location and additional factors.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 12 or more years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree and 10 or more years of relevant experience; or a Ph.D. and 8 or more years of relevant experience.
10 or more years of experience in performance architecture and microarchitecture, bottleneck analysis, and optimization for server workloads.
10 or more years of experience with testing and simulation tools, advanced statistical modeling, and data-driven predictions.
10 or more years of experience delivering experimental proof-of-concept solutions and driving end-to-end execution of architectural designs.

Nice To Haves

Track record of influencing technical strategy and leading cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals.
10 or more years of experience mentoring and developing technical leaders and fostering innovation within a team or organization.
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to challenge, inspire, and lead diverse groups.
Familiarity with industry trends and the ability to align technical vision with market demands to maintain leadership in performance, power optimization, and scalability.

Responsibilities

Drive development of SoC architecture power and performance specifications, including feature viability through SoC and IP modeling and hardware-software interoperability throughout the product lifecycle.
Define and evaluate feasibility tradeoffs involving performance, power, frequency, area, and features to meet datacenter product requirements across multiple segments.
Conceptualize, invent, and specify modeling of architectural and microarchitectural features that optimize product requirements for different use cases.
Develop and document methodologies for emerging use cases, improve existing methodologies, and extend the impact of performance and power predictive modeling.
Model SoC performance and power, analyze bottlenecks, and explore approaches for future workloads.
Create tests, test plans, and testing infrastructure for new architectures and features; conduct simulations and analyze results using advanced statistical models and data predictions.
Provide experimental proof-of-concept solutions proposing design alternatives that meet performance, power, area, and timing constraints.
Collaborate with architects, design engineers, verification engineers, and validation engineers to execute project requirements.
Deliver new microarchitecture modeling and resolve issues during feature implementation to improve product design and overcome challenges.
Influence and challenge cross-functional roadmaps while defining technology targets for future datacenter products.
Mentor and develop technical leaders, foster community growth, and act as a change agent while exemplifying Intel values.