Intel Foundry Advanced Device Development Engineer

Job Title

Intel Foundry Advanced Device Development Engineer

Role Summary

Work in the Logic Technology Development (LTD) team to design, execute, and analyze experiments that meet engineering specifications for semiconductor process and device development. Lead scientific research to enable manufacture of innovative device architectures and coordinate with design and foundry partners to prepare technology for high-volume manufacturing.

Experience Level

Mid-level (Experienced). The posting specifies a minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities focus on experimental device development, characterization, and data-driven decision making to advance process and device readiness.

• Design, execute, and analyze experiments to meet device and process engineering specifications.
• Set advanced device performance targets for PDK releases and interface with design and foundry partners to resolve circuit-level issues.
• Assess silicon-to-simulation health and readiness for high-volume manufacturing (HVM).
• Define robust test structures and test programs to validate advanced design rules and extract key device parameters.
• Collect, explore, and extract insights from electrical-test, yield, and fab data using statistics and data-mining techniques.
• Lead research activities and support technology transfer to manufacturing.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills and experience drawn from the posting.

• Must-have: Minimum of 5+ years of experience in one or more of: semiconductor materials, fabrication, or device physics.
• Must-have: Experience with electrical characterization of semiconductor devices (transistor, diode, etc.).
• Must-have: Experience designing experiments, test programs, and analyzing electrical and fab data using statistical methods.
• Preferred: Knowledge of advanced transistor device structures and device physics.
• Preferred: Process-monitoring test-structure design and layout experience; device and circuit simulation.
• Preferred: Familiarity with Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), analytics packages (JMP, MATLAB, Octave), scripting languages (JSL, Perl, TCL), or programming languages (Python, SQL, C/C++).
• Preferred: Experience with machine learning, deep learning, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic AI/LLM orchestration, knowledge engineering, or dataflow pipeline architectures.

Education Requirements

Must possess a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Science, or a scientific field directly related to semiconductors. The posting also specifies a minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience.

About the Company

Company: Intel Corporation

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA

Intel Corporation is a leading multinational technology company known for its innovative semiconductor solutions, including microprocessors, artificial intelligence accelerators, and memory products. Headquartered in the United States, Intel focuses on cutting-edge technology and a collaborative working environment, driving advancements in semiconductor manufacturing to meet global demands. The company emphasizes professional development and aims to shape the future of technology through groundbreaking designs.