Memory Circuit Design Engineer

About The Role

Intel's CPU Circuit Technology team is seeking a highly motivated Memory Circuit Design Engineer to drive the design and development of advanced memory circuits for future CPU and SoC products. In this role, you will develop full-custom and compiler-based SRAMs, caches, multi-ported register files, ROMs, custom memories, and associated digital circuits. You will partner closely with experts across architecture, design, process technology, physical design, and product engineering to create innovative memory solutions that enable industry-leading power, performance, area (PPA), and scalability on advanced CMOS process technologies. This position offers the opportunity to influence memory architecture decisions, drive circuit innovation, and contribute to technologies that are foundational to Intel's future computing platforms.

What You'll Do

This will be a fast-paced dynamic environment where you will work in the high performance, low power CPU design team on a wide spectrum of circuit activities including, but may not be limited to:

• Technical readiness, memory circuit design, characterization and simulations
• Cache design, critical path simulations and design custom blocks
• Memory path-finding activities and power, performance and area (PPA) optimization
• Memory bit-cell and complex periphery IC design and automation
• Memory array/IP design, memory circuit innovation
• Methodology definition tasks as well as executing to project schedules

Behavioral Traits

• Strong technical curiosity and a passion for solving complex memory and circuit design challenges
• An ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive solutions from concept through implementation
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to balance technical innovation with execution against project schedules
• Adaptability and effectiveness in fast-paced, dynamic development environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a STEM-related field with 6+ years of experience; or Master's degree in the same field with 4+ years of experience; or PhD in the same fields with 2+ years of educational or work experience
• Proficiency in CMOS circuit design, memory design, circuit trade-offs for power, performance, and area
• Expertise in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits and design methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in low-power implementation techniques
• Familiarity with circuit and layout trade-offs for optimized design
• Knowledge of industry standard digital circuit design tools, flows and methodologies, dynamic simulations, variation analysis, and signal integrity analysis

Why Join Intel

At Intel, you'll help shape the future of computing by developing advanced memory technologies that power next-generation CPUs and SoCs. Working alongside world-class architects, circuit designers, and process technology experts, you'll tackle complex engineering challenges, drive meaningful innovation, and influence products used by millions around the world. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact, grow your technical expertise, and help deliver breakthrough solutions that advance performance, power efficiency, and scalability across future computing platforms. If you're passionate about memory design, circuit innovation, and solving challenging technical problems, we encourage you to apply and help build the future of technology at Intel.