Location
Santa Clara, CA, Folsom, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/15/2026
Compensation
$122,440 - $232,190 per year
Job description
Intel's Foundry Standard Cell team is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Design Engineer to design leading-edge experiments for developing, characterizing, and testing standard cells. This role is critical in enabling customers by understanding their needs and building effective solutions. The engineer will implement design solutions that meet power, performance, area, manufacturability, and cost requirements. The position involves collaboration with various teams to ensure compliance with design and manufacturing standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Nanoscience, Microelectronics, Computer Engineering, or a STEM related field.
- 2+ years' experience in standard cell layout, abstract modeling, characterization, or ASIC design and verification.
- Experience using tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys Custom Compiler, and others listed in the job description.
Responsibilities
- Define, implement, characterize, and validate design solutions to meet design requirements.
- Implement all aspects of the physical design flow including circuit layout, extraction, and optimization.
- Collaborate closely with standard cell collateral to understand design requirements.
- Review and validate work to ensure compliance with design, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
- Run end-to-end experiments and flows to generate and release custom standard cell collateral.
Benefits
- Intel offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive pay, stock programs, healthcare coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, parental leave, and programs supporting employee wellbeing and professional development.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Intel Corp
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
74
FY2026
Approval rate
94.2%
FY2026
LCA certified
2,201
FY2026
Entry-level share
0.1%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-88%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-54%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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