OPC Engineer: Computational Lithography & Patterning

GlobalFoundries inc.; Town of Malta (NY); On-site; USD 143,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking an Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) Engineer in Malta, NY. You will develop and maintain OPC technology files, collaborating with lithography, design rules, etch, modeling, and infrastructure teams to improve pattern fidelity, process margin, and yield.

You will analyze wafer data, create automation, and advance industry best practices in computational lithography, contributing to cross-functional semiconductor technology projects and ensuring solution readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• Experience in optical proximity correction or computational lithography.
• Ability to analyze complex simulation and wafer data.
• Experience with scripting for engineering automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, qualify, maintain, and optimize OPC files and computational lithography solutions.
• Collaborate with design rule, lithography, etch, metrology, modeling, mask, and infrastructure engineers.
• Perform root-cause analysis of printing, patterning, and yield hotspots.
• Validate OPC solutions with simulation-to-wafer correlation and process-window assessment.
• Develop automated workflows to improve OPC development efficiency.

Skills

OPC concepts

Computational lithography

Semiconductor lithography

Python scripting

Root-cause analysis

Team collaboration

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

Perl

Tcl

Shell scripting

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking an Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) Engineer in Malta, NY. You will develop and maintain OPC technology files, collaborating with lithography, design rules, etch, modeling, and infrastructure teams to improve pattern fidelity, process margin, and yield.

You will analyze wafer data, create automation, and advance industry best practices in computational lithography, contributing to cross-functional semiconductor technology projects and ensuring solution readiness.