Quantum PDK OPC Engineer: Patterning & Lithography

GlobalFoundries inc.; Town of Malta (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking an Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) Engineer in Malta, NY to develop and maintain OPC technology, optimizing pattern fidelity and yield across advanced lithography processes. The role collaborates with design rule, lithography, etch, metrology, modeling, mask, and computational infrastructure teams to implement efficient patterning solutions.

Strong scripting and wafer data analysis are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience in optical proximity correction, computational lithography, semiconductor lithography, or patterning.
• Knowledge of OPC concepts, lithography and pattern fidelity fundamentals.
• Experience with computational lithography, lithography simulation, hotspot analysis, and related tools.
• Ability to analyze complex simulation and wafer data and perform root-cause analysis.
• Experience with scripting or programming for automation (Python, Perl, Tcl, shell).
• Travel up to 10% and fluency in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Develop, qualify, maintain, and optimize OPC technology files, recipes, and computational lithography solutions for advanced-generation lithography processes.
• Develop and evaluate OPC strategies, model-based corrections, and patterning solutions to improve wafer pattern fidelity and yield.
• Collaborate with design rule, lithography, etch, metrology, modeling, mask, and computational infrastructure engineers to implement patterning solutions.
• Perform root-cause analysis of printing and yield-limiting hotspots using simulations and wafer/design data.
• Validate and release OPC solutions through simulation-to-wafer correlation and quality/change-control methodologies.
• Develop automated analysis, verification, and data-processing workflows to improve OPC efficiency and reproducibility.
• Research and apply best practices in OPC and computational lithography and participate in cross-functional projects.

Skills

OPC concepts

Computational lithography

Python scripting

Root-cause analysis

Wafer data analysis

Patterning tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field

Tools

OPC platforms

Lithography simulation tools

Mask data preparation

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking an Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) Engineer in Malta, NY to develop and maintain OPC technology, optimizing pattern fidelity and yield across advanced lithography processes. The role collaborates with design rule, lithography, etch, metrology, modeling, mask, and computational infrastructure teams to implement efficient patterning solutions.

Strong scripting and wafer data analysis are essential.