Staff Semiconductor Device Modeling Engineer

Location: Hybrid role based in Hillsboro, Oregon, or Santa Clara, California, United States, with time split between an assigned Intel site and off-site work.

Annual salary: $149,600–$284,580 USD, depending on work location, skills, experience, and education.

Company

Intel Foundry's Design Technology Platform organization develops process technology and design tools that enable customers to build high-performance semiconductor products.

What you will do

• Partner with technology leaders and PDK teams to align compact modeling capabilities with technology roadmaps.
• Develop compact device models for advanced transistor technologies, including FinFET and GAAFET, layout-dependent effects, and circuit performance impacts.
• Drive readiness, validation, and delivery of simulation and modeling solutions for PDK milestones.
• Conduct statistical modeling, simulation, and data analysis using Python and related tools.
• Develop methodologies for device-targeting benchmark circuits, self-heating effects, and Open Model Interface modeling.
• Collaborate across teams and geographies to integrate modeling solutions and lead technical initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 6+ years of semiconductor industry experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years, or a Ph.D. with 2+ years.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with compact modeling for advanced nodes such as FinFET and GAAFET.
• Experience with commercial simulators such as HSPICE or Spectre and extraction tools such as ICCAP or MBP.
• Proficiency in Python scripting for data analysis and automation.
• Experience with statistical modeling, RF simulation, and EM simulation.
• Knowledge of device physics, RF modeling, process flows, circuit design, and simulation methodologies.

Nice to have

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline with 3+ years of semiconductor industry experience.
• Experience in RF structure design, RF de-embedding, and EM simulation.
• Experience applying machine learning algorithms to compact model development.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across teams and geographies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model combining on-site work at an assigned Intel site with off-site work.
• Competitive compensation with stock bonuses.
• Health, retirement, and vacation benefits.
• Work with cross-functional teams supporting Intel Foundry customers and advanced semiconductor technologies.