Principal Engineer - XeSS and Neural Graphics

Title: Principal Engineer: XeSS and Neural Graphics

Location: US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Job Description:

Drive Intel's XeSS and related AI-based graphics technologies for Client Graphics, with direct impact across XeSS Super Resolution, XeSS Frame Generation, Neural Rendering, and next-generation AI rendering capabilities.
In this role, you will help shape technical direction, drive execution across teams, and contribute to the future of AI-based graphics at Intel. You will work across research, software, hardware architecture, validation, and ecosystem teams to bring new AI graphics technologies from concept to product.
You will play a key role in end-to-end development across model design, datasets, training, visual quality, performance optimization, and product integration. You will also help guide how modern AI model architectures are applied to future graphics workloads.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field, with 12+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 10+ years of experience.
• Strong expertise in AI/ML for real-time graphics, imaging, or video, such as super resolution, frame generation, denoising, reconstruction, optical flow, or related AI rendering workloads.
• Proven experience driving AI technology from research to shipped product, including model architecture, datasets, training, evaluation, optimization, and deployment.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture, performance, memory, latency, and hardware-aware optimization.
• Demonstrated leadership across cross-functional technical teams spanning research, software, and hardware.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with XeSS, Neural Rendering, or adjacent AI-based graphics technologies.
• Good understanding of modern AI model architectures, such as LLMs, Vision Transformers, Diffusion, and related architectures.
• Experience with high-performance GPU compute, inference kernels, or production AI deployment.
• Experience with dataset capture, processing, and training infrastructure for graphics AI models.
• Experience with SDK, API, or cross-platform AI productization.
• Experience influencing future GPU, NPU, or accelerator features based on AI workload analysis.       

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location: 

US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Business group:

At the Data Center Group (DCG), we're committed to delivering exceptional products and delighting our customers. We offer both broad-market Xeon-based solutions and custom x86-based products, ensuring tailored innovation for diverse needs across general-purpose compute, web services, HPC, and AI-accelerated systems. Our charter encompasses defining business strategy and roadmaps, product management, developing ecosystems and business opportunities, delivering strong financial performance, and reinvigorating x86 leadership. Join us as we transform the data center segment through workload driven leadership products and close collaboration with our partners.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

This role is a Position of Trust. Should you accept this position, you must consent to and pass an extended Background Investigation, which includes (subject to country law), extended education, SEC sanctions, and additional criminal and civil checks. For internals, this investigation may or may not be completed prior to starting the position. For additional questions, please contact your Recruiter.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $255,850.00-361,200.00 USD

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.