Essential Responsibilities

• Lead the design, planning, execution, and analysis of experiments aimed at developing and optimizing advanced CMOS, FinFET, RF and derivative device technologies.
• Develop and drive device roadmap requirements, electrical targets, and performance metrics aligned with technology and customer needs.
• Analyze electrical, physical, and reliability data to identify optimization opportunities and define process improvements.
• Provide technical leadership for device architecture definition, variability reduction, and reliability enhancement activities.
• Collaborate closely with process integration, FEOL module teams, modeling, reliability, and product engineering organizations to improve device performance and manufacturability.
• Drive root-cause investigations for device performance, yield, reliability, and technology qualification issues.
• Define characterization methodologies, test structures, and measurement plans to support technology development and model generation.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable device targets and technology development objectives.
• Interface with internal and external customers regarding technology capabilities, device behavior, reliability performance, and design-rule-related topics.
• Support patent generation, intellectual property development, and technology differentiation initiatives.
• Present technical findings and recommendations to senior management, customers, and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Contribute to qualification and production-release activities for new device technologies and derivative product offerings.

Other Responsibilities

• Perform all activities in accordance with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for characterization, data analysis, automation, and experiment execution.
• Develop and maintain automated data analysis and reporting methodologies.
• Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, technology assessments, and customer engagements.
• Contribute to organizational knowledge sharing, technical training, and mentoring programs.
• Support strategic planning efforts for future technology nodes and platform enhancements.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams across development and manufacturing sites.
• Drive innovation through invention disclosures, technical publications, patents, and conference participation.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Semiconductor Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in semiconductor device engineering, technology development, or advanced process development.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor device physics and electrical characterization methods.
• Proven experience in designing and analyzing experiments (DOE) for technology development and optimization.
• Demonstrated expertise in CMOS, FinFET, RF, analog, memory, or advanced semiconductor device technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex electrical and physical characterization data.
• Experience collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and influence decisions across organizations.
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of FEOL semiconductor process integration including gate stack, implant, junction engineering, mobility enhancement, spacer formation, silicide processes, and advanced device architectures.
• Experience with reliability mechanisms, variability analysis, and technology qualification.
• Expertise in advanced statistical analysis and large-scale data interpretation.
• Programming and automation experience using Python, JMP/JSL, R, SQL, or similar tools.
• Experience with electrical characterization equipment including parameter analyzers, source measurement units (SMUs), and wafer probing systems.
• Understanding of SPICE modeling, model validation, and model-hardware correlation methodologies.
• Track record of patent generation, publications, or industry-recognized technical contributions.
• Experience presenting directly to customers and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Experience supporting automotive, RF, eNVM, AI, or advanced compute technologies.

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An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations. 

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