Performance Validation Engineer

Our Xeon Server Validation Team is seeking Performance Validation Engineers to join us in our quest to ensure no bugs escape to our customers. We are comprised of engineers from a variety of life experiences and perspectives who share this common goal and pursue excellence in doing so. We value our people first and foremost, so we appreciate a We Over Me mentality and a spirit of collaboration and encouragement. We have a robust server roadmap to deliver and therefore need your passion for problem-solving and your expertise. If you are technically curious and enjoy developing creative solutions to complex problems, then come join us in delivering the highest quality server products to the world. In exchange we offer you the opportunity to collaborate closely with the brightest minds in the industry, and to be a part of the work influencing the technology data revolution. You will enjoy all the growth opportunities available to you at company as expansive and diversified as Intel.

Behavioral Skills We're Looking For:

- A collaborative and helpful spirit
- Creativity
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
- A growth mindset
- Collaboration and teaming skills
- Networking, communication and influence skills

As an experienced Performance Validation Engineer, you will:

- Create, define and develop performance validation methods and techniques
- Write performance validation test SW and automation SW to measure and characterize the performance of Intel's next generation of server products in a highly efficient manner
- Characterize and optimize performance and power management architectures against various workloads to improve performance, identify weaknesses, and help drive the direction of new power management ideas in next generation servers
- Analyze performance results, collaborating with architecture and design teams to optimize to get the highest levels the performance form Intel's Server SOC's
- Perform Si and platform debug to root-cause issues and enable robust design fixes; design experiments to root cause the issues and collaborate with other teams for debug.
- Collaborate with SOC and IP architecture, design and pre-silicon validation teams in developing and improving post-silicon performance validation methodologies, test content, and validation techniques, to provide feedback for future on die performance debug features
- Test planning, execution monitoring, and reporting test results; drive schedules and issues to closure in high complex scenarios
- Collaborate with cross functional HW and SW team to solve complex issues and improve efficiency
- Make judgment calls regarding customer deliverables and program level risk assessment from a performance standpoint
- Engage with and help resolve customer issues regarding SOC and system performance
- Requires broad understanding of multiple system areas and CPU architecture and micro-architecture
**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications**:

Must possess strong initiative, problem solving/debug skills, communication skills and ability to work within a diverse team environment
- A developed understanding of Computer Architecture and CPU/SOC micro-architecture
- Experience with Python or C language programming
- CPU micro-architectural and/or high-speed bus protocol experience
Advanced English level
**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Hands-on experience working with lab equipment, networks, interfaces, (e.g. JTAG, OSC, LA)
Fundamentals in power and performance architecture, tuning, performance bottleneck analysis, using performance counter monitors
- Experience in design verification or validation disciplines, system platform-level debug and root cause isolation methodology and tools
- Experience in System/platform-level debug and root cause isolation, methodology and tools (including Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers, Oscilloscopes and Multimeters)
- Experience with leading automation efforts planning execution and overseeing system validation activities
- Deep technical knowledge in performance and power management including understanding of architecture and microcode sufficient to understand potential power and performance impacts of changes
- Experience with on-SOC performance counters/measurement features
**Inside this Business Group**
In the Design Engineering Group (DEG), we take pride in developing the best-in-class SOCs, Cores, and IPs that power Intel’s products. From development, to integration, validation, and manufacturing readiness, our mission is to deliver leadership products through the pursuit of Moore’s Law and groundbreaking innovations. DEG is Intel’s engineering group, supplying silicon to business units as well as other engineering teams. As a critical provider of all Intel products, DEG leadership has a responsibility to ensure the delivery of these products in a cost efficient and effective manner.