Foundry Technology Engineer: PPA & DTCO Lead

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a technically driven professional to lead technology and design enablement for advanced silicon technology. The candidate will work cross-functionally with design, architecture, technology and product engineering teams to ensure that PPA objectives are achieved in alignment with product requirements, while helping enable PDKs and design/verification collateral to production readiness.

This role requires a proactive mindset and the ability to work independently, while collaborating

Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor process integration, DTCO, yield engineering, or foundry enablement.
• Familiarity with industry-standard digital and mixed-signal IC design and verification flows and major EDA tools.
• Hands-on experience with advanced semiconductor technology nodes (3nm/2nm-equivalent and beyond).
• Understanding of device physics and process variability; NPI silicon bring-up and yield debugging familiarity.
• Excellent communication and teamwork across internal and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design, architecture, technology and product teams to align foundry process with product performance, power, and area targets.
• Drive technology development and product evaluation by ensuring readiness of PDKs and design/verification flows.
• Serve as a technical liaison to support process technology, testchip/product designs, DFM practice definitions, and silicon analysis.
• Support technology-to-product issue resolution from early evaluation to NPI phases with data-driven solutions.
• Coordinate with reliability and packaging teams to evaluate and mitigate Si-package interaction risks.

Skills

Semiconductor process integration

DTCO

Yield engineering

NPI silicon bring-up

Communication and teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering or physical science

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) preferred

Tools

EDA tools

Job description

AMD is seeking a technically driven professional to lead technology and design enablement for advanced silicon technology. The candidate will work cross-functionally with design, architecture, technology and product engineering teams to ensure that PPA objectives are achieved in alignment with product requirements, while helping enable PDKs and design/verification collateral to production readiness.

This role requires a proactive mindset and the ability to work independently, while collaborating