Senior OPC Engineer: Computational Lithography Innovator

Global Foundries; Town of Malta (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries in Malta, NY is seeking an Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) Engineer to develop computational lithography solutions that enable robust patterning and manufacturability of advanced semiconductor technologies.

You will collaborate across lithography, design rules, etch, modeling, and infrastructure teams, maintain OPC files, improve pattern fidelity, process margin, and yield, and drive automation and data-processing workflows.

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, patterning, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop, qualify, maintain, and optimize OPC technology files and computational lithography solutions for advanced-generation semiconductor lithography processes.
• Develop and evaluate OPC strategies, model-based corrections, and patterning solutions to improve wafer pattern fidelity, process-window performance, manufacturability, and yield.
• Collaborate with design rule, lithography, etch, metrology, modeling, mask, and computational infrastructure engineers to define and implement optimal computational patterning solutions.
• Perform root-cause analysis of printing, patterning, and yield-limiting hotspots using simulation, wafer data, design data, and established computational lithography analysis tools.
• Validate and release OPC solutions through simulation-to-wafer correlation, process-window assessment, hotspot verification, and appropriate quality and change‑control methodologies.
• Develop automated analysis, verification, and data‑processing workflows that improve OPC development efficiency, coverage, reproducibility, and cycle time.
• Research, apply, and continuously improve industry and company best practices in OPC, computational lithography, patterning optimization, and design‑to‑manufacturing interaction.
• Participate in cross‑functional semiconductor technology development projects and communicate technical results, risks, recommendations, and solution readiness to key stakeholders.

Skills

OPC concepts

Computational lithography

Scripting for automation

Wafer data analysis

Pattern fidelity optimization

Python scripting

Education

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

Tools

OPC tools

Job description

GlobalFoundries in Malta, NY is seeking an Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) Engineer to develop computational lithography solutions that enable robust patterning and manufacturability of advanced semiconductor technologies.

You will collaborate across lithography, design rules, etch, modeling, and infrastructure teams, maintain OPC files, improve pattern fidelity, process margin, and yield, and drive automation and data-processing workflows.