Urgent: Senior Architect

The CEG NAG (Networking Architecture Group) is Intel's premier team focused on defining the future of high-performance networking silicon. Our team architects next-generation networking solutions that enable hyperscale data centers, cloud infrastructure, and AI workloads to achieve unprecedented performance and efficiency. We specialize in IPU/DPU platforms, advanced packet processing architectures, and programmable networking technologies that form the backbone of modern distributed computing systems.
We are seeking a Senior SoC Compute/Memory Subsystem Architect to define and drive the architecture of compute complexes and high-performance memory subsystems for next-generation IPU/DPU platforms.
This role is responsible for end-to-end architecture of CPU clusters, cache hierarchies, coherency models, and memory subsystems. You will optimize system-level performance, scalability, power efficiency, and programmability while ensuring seamless interaction with networking, storage, and accelerator subsystems in hyperscale environments.
Compute Subsystem Architecture

• Define architecture for IPU compute complexes (e.g., ARM/x86 clusters), including core selection, scaling strategy, and configuration tradeoffs
• Architect compute subsystem roles (control plane, data plane assist, offload execution, management services)
• Drive compute architecture decisions balancing performance, power, and area

• Define and evolve multi-level cache hierarchy (private/shared caches, system-level cache)
• Architect coherency models across compute cores, accelerators, and IO subsystems (coherent vs non-coherent interactions)
• Memory Subsystem Architecture

Memory controllers and scheduling policies
Work with Performance architect in define memory access models for compute, network, and accelerator subsystems

• IO Memory and Virtualization Architecture (SMMU/IOMMU)
• Define architecture for SMMU/IOMMU supporting virtualization-heavy IPU workloads

System-Level Integration (Compute Network Storage)
# Architect integration between:

Network subsystem (packet processing pipelines)
Optimize data movement across subsystems to minimize copies, latency, and bandwidth overhead.
# Drive system architecture decisions for balanced SoC performance.

Architect mechanisms for:

Optimize performance-per-watt at system level.

Multi-Generation Architecture Roadmap
# Networking subsystem (NSS)
Validation and performance modeling and testing
# Drive architecture alignment and resolve cross-domain tradeoff

Ability to define long-term architecture vision and align stakeholders
Approaches complex system challenges with structured thinking
Builds strong partnerships across engineering disciplines
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Batchelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or in a STEM related Field of Study.
SoC / CPU / memory subsystem architectureCPU architecture and cache hierarchies
Memory subsystems (DDR/HBM, controllers, QoS)Coherent/Non-Coherent interconnect architectures
Experience in system-level performance and PPA tradeoff analysis
Drive architecture definition from concept to silicon
Post Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or in a STEM related Field of Study
ARM and x86 compute and memory subsystem experience, including NUMA systems, cache coherency, or large scale platform architectures.
Experience with IPU / SmartNIC or accelerator centric SoCs, particularly in cloud and hyperscale environments
Familiarity with PCIe, CXL, and memory semantics for high performance IO.
Join us in building a brighter future through technology innovation!
Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)
The Central Engineering Group (CEG) is Intel's data-driven organization that builds scalable engineering solutions across three pillars: Product Enablement (IP, tools, and methodologies), Custom ASIC (leveraging existing IP for custom silicon), and Foundry Enablement (supporting top customers and validating technologies). The team focuses on customer-driven, end-to-end solutions with short development cycles to deliver measurable business impact across Intel's product and foundry businesses.
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