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CPU Physical Design Engineer

IntelUS, Texas, Austin$105,650+Physical Design
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The published floor of $105,650 is 40% below the Physical Design median of $177,000. First seen on this site 2026-10-09.
Posted 2026-10-08 · read from workday

Job Details: Job Description: The Role Do you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and pushing the boundaries of CPU performance? Join Intel’s CPU Design team and help develop the next generation of high-performance processors. As a CPU Physical Design Engineer , you will contribute to the physical implementation and optimization of complex CPU designs, helping achieve ambitious goals for performance, power, area, timing, and manufacturability. You will work alongside engineers across architecture, logic design, circuit design, design automation, and validation to turn innovative CPU concepts into manufacturable silicon. Your work will contribute directly to technologies enabling the next generation of client, data center, and AI computing. This is an opportunity to deepen your physical design expertise, work with advanced semiconductor technologies, and solve challenging engineering problems alongside experienced technical teams. About the Team Intel’s CPU Design team within the Silicon and Platform Engineering Group (SPE) develops advanced processor technologies that power the future of computing. Our engineers bring together expertise across architecture, logic, circuit, physical design, and design automation to build high-performance CPUs using advanced process technologies and innovative design methodologies. We value technical curiosity, collaboration, continuous learning, and people who are motivated to find better ways to solve complex problems.