Remote Semiconductor Engineering Problem Architect

Zekai; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 255,000; Part time

Job summary

Zekai is seeking a Semiconductor Engineering Expert for a fully remote contractor role. Candidates should have a Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, or applied physics, plus principal‑level industry experience or a faculty appointment.

The work involves designing challenging problems, providing correct analyses, and setting objective criteria for grading solutions. Responsibilities include developing problems across device physics, process integration, circuit design,

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, applied physics, or a closely related field.
• Principal, staff, or fellow-level experience at a major semiconductor company, or a faculty appointment at a leading university.
• Deep technical depth in at least one semiconductor subdomain with hands-on ownership of the work.
• Ability to explain why an answer is correct clearly for verification by another engineer.
• Publications, patents, or a record of technical leadership is a strong plus.
• AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Design difficult technical problems from your own area — device physics, process integration, circuit design, lithography, packaging, yield and reliability — with realistic constraints and supporting data.
• Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
• Define objective criteria for correctness, so another expert reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
• Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
• Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.

Skills

Device physics

Process integration

Circuit design

Lithography

Yield & reliability

Education

Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, applied physics, or related field

Job description

Zekai is seeking a Semiconductor Engineering Expert for a fully remote contractor role. Candidates should have a Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, or applied physics, plus principal‑level industry experience or a faculty appointment.

The work involves designing challenging problems, providing correct analyses, and setting objective criteria for grading solutions. Responsibilities include developing problems across device physics, process integration, circuit design,