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Engineering at Intel

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Intel for 2 years
November 22, 2015
Allentown, Pennsylvania
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Lots of interesting things to do. Plenty of ways in which an engineer can contribute to the future of the company.

Cons

The company is absolutely paralyzed by bureaucracy and paranoid of risk. Internal statements suggest that there should be no silos, but I have never worked at a company with more cross-organizational restrictions. Obtaining access to information that is not directly inside the scope of your assignment is a nightmare. The company has expanded over the years to include hardware, software, and multiple other products for customers, but it still operates as if the only thing going on is pure silicon development.

The company is trying to run on a shoestring, with most of the opportunities open to interns and recent graduates. There is far less opportunity for senior engineers. Not all good ideas come from fresh graduates.

Advice to Management

Software is a much larger part of the business than it is given credit for.

Spend some time analyzing how to capitalize more on the value of the software components in the business.

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