Testsite Engineer for Semiconductor Characterization

GlobalFoundries; New York (NY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries in the United States seeks a Testsite Design and Development engineer to design, develop, and utilize in-house test chips and test structures to characterize emerging semiconductor technologies and accelerate customer design enablement.

You will collaborate with technology development, design enablement, product, test, and manufacturing teams to translate characterization needs into silicon implementations and comprehensive testsite architectures.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, Microelectronics, or related field.
• Experience in semiconductor IC or test-chip design and characterization.
• Skills in semiconductor devices, IC design or layout, electrical characterization, and silicon data interpretation.
• Experience with schematic capture, layout, DRC/LVS, extraction, and design-to-mask release.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop in-house test chips, testsites, and structures to characterize semiconductor technologies.
• Define chip- and device-level structures for electrical measurement and technology characterization.
• Collaborate with technology development, design enablement, product, test, and manufacturing teams to translate characterization needs into testsite requirements and silicon implementations.
• Evaluate designs through design-to-mask readiness and layout reviews.
• Plan and execute electrical characterization of fabricated test chips.
• Analyze silicon data to identify trends and translate results into recommendations for technology, model, design-rule, or testsite optimization.
• Iterate testsite and chip designs based on measured silicon results to improve learning efficiency, measurement capability, and technology maturity.
• Document testsite architecture, design intent, measurement results, and key technical conclusions, and communicate findings to cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Semiconductor devices

IC design/layout

Electrical characterization

Data analysis

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture

Layout

DRC/LVS

Extraction

Job description

GlobalFoundries in the United States seeks a Testsite Design and Development engineer to design, develop, and utilize in-house test chips and test structures to characterize emerging semiconductor technologies and accelerate customer design enablement.

You will collaborate with technology development, design enablement, product, test, and manufacturing teams to translate characterization needs into silicon implementations and comprehensive testsite architectures.