Application Engineer, Calibre Semi Manufacturing (OPC/RET)

Job Title

Application Engineer, Calibre Semi Manufacturing (OPC/RET)

Role Summary

The Application Engineer will join the European Calibre Foundry/Semi Manufacturing Solution team to design, develop, and deploy Calibre-based OPC/RET solutions for customers. The role combines technical support, solution development, and customer engagement across local and international accounts.

The position is customer-facing within a small, high-performing application engineering team and works closely with product and R&D groups to enable production deployment of computational lithography technologies.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires 5+ years of industry experience in the semiconductor industry, particularly with OPC/Computational Lithography or related flows.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on technical leadership, solution development, and customer enablement related to computational lithography.

• Act as a subject-matter expert in computational lithography (OPC/RET) to solve customer problems.
• Design and develop solutions for OPC modeling, advanced mask correction, and fab defect inspection/review.
• Deliver technical presentations, demonstrations, and training on Calibre OPC/RET/MPC platforms.
• Drive adoption and production deployment of Calibre products within the design-to-mask flow.
• Collaborate with product and R&D teams to deploy the latest computational lithography technology.
• Travel to customer sites in Europe, North America, and Asia as required.

Requirements

Essential technical and professional requirements. Education items are listed separately below.

• Must-have: Practical experience with OPC/Computational Lithography, OPC modeling, advanced mask flows, or defect inspection flows.
• Must-have: Intermediate programming skills (Python, Tcl, or C/C++).
• Must-have: Experience working in Linux/Unix environments and familiarity with scripting.
• Must-have: Background in modeling and simulation related to optics, electromagnetic waves, or photoresist.
• Must-have: Strong technical communication skills and customer-facing experience (presentations, demos, training).
• Nice-to-have: Direct experience with Siemens Calibre OPC/RET platform.
• Nice-to-have: Prior work in semiconductor fabs or close collaboration with manufacturing teams.

Education Requirements

M.Sc./M.Eng or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: Siemens

Headquarters: Munich, Germany

Siemens EDA is a leading global provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) products and systems. Their innovative solutions enable companies to enhance the development of electronic products efficiently and effectively, keeping pace with the complex demands of technology and physics. Siemens is committed to delivering advanced workflow solutions that integrate both EDA and MCAD tools for multi-domain design and manufacturing in the semiconductor industry.