Drimva

Intel

Data Center SoC Power Architect

$191K–$269K

US, Texas, Austin · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026

Experience
9+ years with a bachelor's degree, 6+ years with a master's degree, or 4+ years with a PhD; also requires 3+ years in each of the three specified experience areas.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field; OR Master's degree or PhD in a related technical field.

About the job

Architects power, performance, efficiency, and scalability for next-generation server and data center platforms, from architectural planning through validation.

What you'll do

  • Shape server and data center platform architecture and develop power management and system optimization technologies.
  • Lead power and performance modeling, tradeoff studies, and validation; analyze workloads to improve performance per watt.
  • Collaborate across silicon, validation, firmware, software, and systems teams; provide technical leadership and influence architecture roadmaps.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field with 9+ years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree in a related technical field with 6+ years; OR PhD in a related technical field with 4+ years.
  • 3+ years of experience in silicon architecture, including proficiency in power analysis.
  • 3+ years of experience with industry-standard tools for simulation and validation of silicon designs.
  • 3+ years of experience analyzing and optimizing complex systems for power, performance, and area constraints.

Nice to have

  • Proficiency in hardware description languages such as Verilog or VHDL.
  • Advanced degree or specialized certification in semiconductor design, compute architecture, or related disciplines.

Pay

$190,610.00-269,100.00 USD (annual salary)

Tools

Verilog, VHDL

AI focus

Architects platforms serving cloud and AI workloads and analyzes those workloads to optimize performance per watt.

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First seen Oct 31, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)