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About the Team
Manufacturing Development and Customer Engineering (MDCE) serves as the critical bridge between Technology Development (TD) and High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) within Intel Foundry. The organization is responsible for transitioning leading-edge technologies from development and qualification into high-yield production while enabling successful deployment for foundry customers.
The MDCE Device Team is expanding its 3DIC device engineering capabilities and is seeking an experienced engineer to drive device understanding and optimization for advanced 3D integration technologies.
Position Overview
As a 3DIC Device Development Engineer, you will be responsible for understanding, characterizing, and modeling the impact of advanced 3D integration technologies on transistor and passive device performance. Technologies such as through-silicon vias (TSVs), hybrid bonding, active base die architectures, wafer thinning, and backside power delivery introduce new mechanical, thermal, and electrical interactions that influence device behavior, variability, and reliability.
In this role, you will transform complex silicon data into actionable insights, design rules, device collateral, and customer-ready guidance that support next-generation products including AI accelerators, high-performance computing solutions, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Characterize and model the impact of advanced 3D integration technologies, including TSVs, hybrid bonding, wafer thinning, and backside processing, on device performance metrics such as mobility, threshold voltage (Vt), leakage, matching, and variability.
- Evaluate stress, thermal, and electrical coupling effects, including keep-out zone (KOZ) behavior and device interactions within complex 3D stacks.
- Define and develop device and passive test structures to study 3DIC effects, including TSV proximity, KOZ, guard ring, resistor, and capacitor structures.
- Drive electrical test (e-test) strategy, data collection, and silicon analysis to accelerate technology learning and optimization.
- Provide device characterization inputs that enable design rule development, compact models, PDKs, and 3D design kit releases in collaboration with Design Enablement teams.
- Partner closely with Process Integration, Packaging, Assembly, Reliability, Yield, and Program Management organizations to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve device-related issues.
- Evaluate customer requirements for analog, mixed-signal, RF, and high-speed I/O devices within 3D architectures, assessing technical feasibility, risk, and implementation timelines.
- Support technology qualification and manufacturing readiness activities, including device targeting, monitoring strategies, yield improvement efforts, and excursion management.
- Communicate complex technical findings and recommendations to engineering, business, and customer stakeholders.
What We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Deep understanding of CMOS device physics and the impact of process, stress, and thermal effects on device performance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including data science, statistical analysis, and scripting capabilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate across device, process, packaging, manufacturing, and design organizations.
- Strong ownership mindset, technical curiosity, and a passion for developing innovative solutions in advanced semiconductor technologies.
Qualifications:
The Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Minimum qualifications listed below would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experience and / or schoolwork/classes/research. The preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field with 4+ years of industry experience, in semiconductor device engineering, process integration, advanced packaging, or related technology development.
- 3+ years of experience in advanced CMOS device characterization and electrical parametric (e-test) data analysis.
- Hands-on experience with one or more advanced packaging and 3D integration technologies, including: Through-silicon vias (TSVs)
- Hybrid bonding
- Wafer-to-wafer or die-to-wafer bonding
- Micro-bump technologies
- Wafer thinning
- Backside power delivery
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field.
- Experience analyzing stress and thermal interactions affecting device behavior, including TSV keep-out zones and chip-package interaction effects.
- Expertise in test structure development, design of experiments (DOE), and e-test program implementation.
- Knowledge of device modeling, design rule development, PDK generation, or design technology co-optimization (DTCO).
- Experience using TCAD and/or finite element analysis tools for stress, thermal, or device simulations.
- Understanding of semiconductor reliability mechanisms, including electromigration (EM), time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB), bias temperature instability (BTI), and bonding interface reliability.
- Experience with advanced node technologies, including FinFET and Gate-All-Around (GAA) devices.
- Semiconductor foundry experience with direct customer engagement and technical support.
- Experience supporting technology transfer and production ramp in high-volume manufacturing environments.
Join us in shaping the future of semiconductor innovation through advanced 3D integration technologies that enable the next generation of AI, HPC, and memory solutions.
## Job Type:
Experienced Hire
## Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)
## Primary Location:
US, Oregon, Hillsboro
## Additional Locations:
US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, California, Santa Clara
## Posting Statement:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
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## Position of Trust
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Benefits
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Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $136,900.00-269,150.00 USD
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Work Model for this Role
This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.
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