Job Details:

Job Description: 

About Technology Development & Components Research:

The Technology Development Group is in charge of researching, developing, and launching cutting-edge silicon and packing technologies that will facilitate future products for Intel and its foundry customers.

Within Technology Development, Intel’s Components Research (CR) team consists of over 300 scientists and engineers who contribute to the research and development of innovative semiconductor and packaging technologies. The group concentrates on unique, enabling capabilities across all facets of Intel's semiconductor processing, devices, circuits, and computing products architecture. Components Research is charged with managing programs to design, fabricate and analyze innovative devices/interconnects, materials, and integration strategies across a vast array of novel applications. The Exploratory Integrated Circuits group is on the lookout for energy efficient computing hardware to materialize solutions usually 10-15 years ahead of production.

About the Role:

The Principal Semiconductor Research Engineer will collaborate with, or spearhead a team of researchers on the execution of exploratory devices and integrated circuits for logic, memory and innovative computing paradigms. They will be accountable for simulations/design/prototyping of materials, devices, and circuits for digital, or analog, energy efficient computing systems, conducting lab tests of these circuits and so on. The primary focus of the research will be on ultra energy efficient exploratory devices and circuits for various emerging workloads. The research will make use of and enhance the skills and abilities in scientific analysis, problem solving, synthesis of simulation and experimental data, effective communication, and teamwork within the team.

Required Experience:

• Over 15 years of experience in research with electronic, magnetic/spintronic and ferroelectric materials and their simulation/modelling.
• Experience in the exploration of considerably more energy efficient devices than the complementary MOSFET transistors for computing such as CPU, GPU and AI.  Benchmarking of such devices.
• Experience in non-traditional (non-von Neumann) computing hardware architecture for algorithms in the solution for NP hard problems. 
• A highly motivated individual, capable of overcoming challenges across domains to achieve a full prototype.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Effective prioritization and time management abilities
• Stakeholder management, robust collaboration, tolerance for ambiguity, and critical thinking
• Excellent teamwork ethics
• Eagerness to work in an agile work environment with a fast-paced task flow.
• Good interpersonal skills

Preferred Experience:

• Understanding of semiconductor device physics and emerging semiconductor, electronic, or spintronic devices.
• Experience in co-designing software-hardware using CMOS or emerging technologies.
• Experience of digital / analog CMOS integrated circuit design
• Experience in conducting research related to one or a few new computing paradigms.
• Experience of benchmarking various technologies and design options for von Neumann and Non von Neumann computing.
• Experience in prototyping through simulation on CPU-GPU / FPGA etc
• Experience in working with pytorch/tensorflow/C++/python/verilog

Qualifications:

• PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Material Science, Applied Physics, or a similar field.
• Over 15 years of semiconductor research experience

          

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location: 

US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Additional Locations:

Business group:

As the world's largest chip manufacturer, Intel is committed to making all aspects of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art -- from semiconductor process development and manufacturing, through yield improvement to packaging, final test and optimization, and best-in-class Supply Chain and facilities support.  Employees in the Technology Development and Manufacturing Group are part of a global network of design, development, manufacturing, and assembly/test facilities, all focused on leveraging the power of Moore’s Law to bring smart, connected devices to everybody on Earth.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment irrespective of 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 safeguarded by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

This role is deemed a Position of Trust. Upon accepting this position, you'll need to consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (where law permits), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internal employees, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For any additional queries, please reach out to your Recruiter.

Work Model for this Role

This role will qualify for our hybrid work model which allows employees to divide their time between working onsite at their designated Intel site and offsite. In certain situations, the work model may change to accommodate business needs.