Sr. Principal Engineer, Physical Design

Intel Corporation•Santa Clara, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Intel is seeking a highly skilled and visionary Senior Principal Engineer specializing in Physical Design to join our dynamic team. In this critical role, you will shape the future of Intel's industry-leading products by driving physical design implementation for custom IP and SoC designs from RTL to GDS. As a domain expert and technical leader, you will play a pivotal role in influencing Intel's technical direction, mentoring emerging talent, and developing innovative methodologies that set new industry standards. Your contributions will directly impact Intel's ability to deliver cutting-edge, high-performance products to market, optimizing design parameters like power, frequency, and area to achieve leadership solutions. Join us and be a part of Intel's mission to create world-changing technology that enriches lives.

Requirements

Bachelor's or BS degree in a specialized field and 12+ years of experience, or Master's degree and 8+ years of experience, or PhD and 6+ years of experience in physical design and related disciplines.
Expertise in physical design methodologies, tools, and flows, including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, static timing analysis, and floor planning.
Proficiency in industry-standard EDA tools and techniques for physical design implementation and verification.
Strong technical background in static and dynamic power integrity, reliability verification, and electrical rule checking.
Extensive experience optimizing designs for power, frequency, and area in advanced semiconductor processes.
Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex design challenges through disciplined execution.

Nice To Haves

Experience mentoring and developing technical talent within teams.
Track record of driving technical strategy and delivering leadership solutions across organizations.
Ability to influence technical direction within Intel and across the industry.
Exceptional problem-solving skills and innovation mindset.
Strong communication and collaboration skills to lead and work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Perform all aspects of physical design implementation, including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, static timing analysis, power and noise analysis, and reliability verification.
Conduct verification and signoff activities, such as formal equivalence verification, static timing analysis, layout verification, electrical rule checking, structural design checking, and static/dynamic power integrity analysis.
Analyze results to address violations and make recommendations for current and future product architectures.
Develop and optimize physical design methodologies and flow automation to improve key product-level metrics such as power, frequency, and area.
Demonstrate expertise in structural and physical design techniques, including physical clock design, timing closure, coverage analysis, multiple power domain analysis, placing, routing, synthesis, and DFT using industry-standard EDA tools.
Collaborate across teams to drive design innovations and deliver high-quality outcomes through disciplined execution.
Act as a mentor to technical leaders, foster community growth, and role model Intel values.
Formulate technical strategy aligned with organizational goals and relentlessly execute to bring products and technologies to market.
Influence technical direction across Intel and the broader industry by driving innovation and best practices.