CPU Circuit Design Engineer - Texas, Austin, United States
$91,150 - $172,860 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 31 August 2026.
About the role
This role drives performance verification methodology and circuit and timing quality signoff for the CPU team.
What you'll do
- Drive performance verification (PV) methodology and circuit and timing quality signoff for the CPU team. - Evaluate new process nodes through circuit simulations and block scaling methods to recommend CPU frequency targets based on microarchitectural growth. - Make informed trade-offs between performance, power, area, and effort (PPA). - Collaborate across RTL, circuit, and structural design (SD) domains to converge on timing targets without compromising quality or schedule. - Own pre-to-post silicon VF correlation and lead debugging of circuit marginality sightings.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 4+ years of experience in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ years of CPU circuit or backend design experience. - 5+ years of experience in circuit design and STA. - Track record of execution and design ownership in advanced process technologies.
Nice to have
- In-depth circuit design knowledge and ability to make PPA tradeoff decisions. - In-depth STA knowledge and circuit quality signoff criteria for tape-in. - Experience guiding debug of post-silicon circuit marginality sightings. - Experience leading technical teams of 2-3 engineers.
Skills: custom digital circuits, CPU, memory compiler, schematic entry, simulation, DFT models
This role has been open 164 days — well above the 63-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1084
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Median days open
63 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (1084 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 32 | 1084 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 102 | 3328 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 21 d | 63 d (−42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: custom digital circuits, CPU, memory compiler, schematic entry, simulation, DFT models
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 160 open roles · median 60 d
- Synopsys · 87 open roles · median 36 d
- AMD · 77 open roles · median 42 d
- Analog Devices · 49 open roles · median 53 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 42 open roles · median 92 d
- NVIDIA · 39 open roles · median 64 d
How we counted: 1084 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.