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How Childhood Curiosity Led These Intel Employees to Engineering - In celebration of National Engineers Week, Valerie, Martin, and Vanitha share the defining moments that inspired them to become engineers. Childhood is a time of curiosity, exploration, and discovery. It’s a time when everything seems possible. For most engineers, it’s this early wonderment that leads them to their profession—one that encapsulates unlimited possibility. Whether it’s...
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Interview with an Intern: Why Working at Intel Finland is a Great Way to Develop Your Career - An intern shares his experience and explains why anyone passionate about drone tech should pursue an internship at Intel. Meet Johannes Pirhonen. He loves photography, DIY electronics projects, freestyle skiing, and working on his old BMW. He also loves working with the newest technologies – and he had the chance to do just that as...
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My journey from exclusion to inclusion - Inclusion is important to Intel. By creating a respectful and inclusive workplace, we give every employee an opportunity to be heard in a safe space. We work proactively to be a diverse and inclusive workplace, including a strong and growing LGBT+ employee resource group. A program manager in our Human Resources department, CJ Dragen shares his experiences of exclusion and discrimination in the military to what...
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In Her Words: How a Trip to D.C. Brought a New Understanding of U.S. History - Chiao Alice Chang gained valuable insight after winning a visit from Intel during Black History Month 2019 to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. A native of Taiwan, Alice moved about two years ago to Santa Clara, Calif. She is a technology development module and integration yield engineer in the Non-Volatile Memory...
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Pre-Silicon Verification at Intel: Solving New Challenges in a Flexible, Supportive Work Culture - Meet Intel’s SoC Engineers in this blog series highlighting the talented team creating and testing the technology at the core of our products. When Sam Mattord graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012, he wanted two things—exciting work and stability. He found both when he joined Intel as an engineer focused on...
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An Interview with Intel Poland’s “Super Intern” - Imagine beginning as a summer intern and ending up as a speaker at an international developer’s conference. That’s just what one Intel intern did. Is a journey like that even possible? Turns out, it is. Especially when the summer intern shows passion, engagement, and a curious mind. That’s the case with Michal Paszkowski, a...
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The Coolest Part About Engineering at Intel? For Max, It’s Working on Products That Matter. - Meet Intel’s SoC Engineers in this blog series highlighting the talented team creating and testing the technology at the core of our products. Interested in a career as a Verification Engineer, check out these open positions. For Max Korbel, there’s nothing better than having a complex problem to solve. He loves digging in and finding...
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Building a Career in SoC: “As the Chips Grew, I Grew with Them” - Meet Intel’s SoC Engineers in this blog series highlighting the talented team creating and testing the technology at the core of our products. A little over 28 years ago, Prasanna Shah joined Intel’s rotation program as a new college graduate. He says it was sheer luck—and the help of a few mentors—that landed him in...
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Own Your Impact: Actions To Stand Up for Human Rights - This blog is posted on behalf of Mike McDonnell, Supply Chain Sustainability Senior Manager. Mike has been assessing supplier risks including human rights violations and environmental impact for more than 8 of his 23 years at Intel. He is dedicated to continuously improving Intel’s supply chain for the workers in it. Most...
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“Ready for anything”: Behind the scenes with one of Intel’s first responders - Before fire trucks or ambulances, Intel’s Life Safety responders are the first line of defense when there’s an onsite emergency. Meet Sara and learn what life is like as a first responder at Intel’s Ronler Acres, Hillsboro campus. Sara Wassam spent nearly 10 years in civilian law enforcement and over 16 years in the Air...
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Celebrating Veterans Day: How the Army Prepared This Vet for Success at Intel - The military opened a wider world for Jeremy Roy. Intel expanded it. He didn't know it at the time, but a single decision as a young man put Jeremy Roy on the path to Intel. Growing up in a small town nestled within Oregon’s lush Umpqua River Valley, Jeremy dreamed of a wide-open future made...
RETURNING TO MY RESERVATION AFTER 20 YEARS CHANGED MY CAREER — AND MY LIFE - This blog post was written by Cisco C. Minthorn, Intel Senior Director of Government Relations and Senior Counsel, Global Public Policy. He shares insights into his experiences staying connected to his tribe. In 1980, when I was an infant, my mother left my father, taking me from my reservation. She was worried about the...