LTD Pathfinding Wet Etch Principal Engineer

**Job Description**

**About Logic Technology Development**

Logic Technology Development (LTD) delivers programs and modules to ramp new process nodes, supports HVM and provides a predictable technology cadence for Intel customers.

**About the Role**

Intel is in the middle of an exciting transformation, with a vision to create and extend computing technology to connect and enrich the lives of every person on Earth. To do this it requires focused enthusiastic leaders. Join LTD and help create the next generation of technologies that will touch the lives of people the world over for decades to come.

Principal Engineers at Intel are active technical leaders inside and outside the company. Activities include participation in major industry and academic conferences, voting membership in international standards committees, generation of patents and technical papers.

LTD Pathfinding Engineers are responsible for leading scientific research enabling the pathfinding, technology definition and development of innovative devices, metal stacks and silicon architectures. They explore, design, execute, and analyze pre-silicon and silicon experiments necessary to meet pathfinding specifications for the targeted process technology node. They participate in development of intellectual property. They define type and nature of equipment necessary to exploit understanding gained in process technology research in collaboration with Components Research, external research partners and equipment suppliers. They work effectively with relevant internal and external partners to identify shortcomings, propose, and evaluate modifications to mitigate process integration and design issues. They modify and extend process flows to integrate the many individual steps necessary for the manufacture of complex silicon designs. They develop and test advanced Electronic Design Automation tools, creates flows and scripts to analyze and test design methodologies.

Responsibilities/Duties:

+ Collaborate with Components Research (CR) as well as external research partners to explore new device, metal stack and silicon architecture candidates appropriate for pathfinding as well as work with the competitive analysis team to better understand the competitive landscape and the technology definition team to smoothly coordinate the transition from CR-to-pathfinding-to-technology definition-to-development.

+ Use EDA tools, flows/scripts and methodologies to assess impact of potential process feature and module candidates, and their impact on RO-based and block-level PPA and cost.

+ Explore, design, execute, and analyze pre-silicon and silicon experiments necessary to meet pathfinding specifications for the targeted process technology node. Use the silicon experiment results to calibrate pre-silicon emulations and simulations to ensure reasonable range of accuracy.

+ Collaborate with the pathfinding, technology definition and competitive analysis teams to complete various assessments relevant during pathfinding phase of process technology development. Work effectively with relevant internal and external partners to identify shortcomings, propose, and evaluate modifications to mitigate process integration and design issues.

+ Regularly participate in the development of intellectual property, which are then patented to ensure that novel ideas and inventions are appropriate accrued and protected.

+ Define type and nature of fabrication equipment necessary to exploit understanding gained in process technology research (in collaboration with Components Research, external research partners and equipment suppliers).

+ Modify and extend process flows to integrate the many individual steps necessary for the manufacture of complex silicon designs, so that detailed emulation and simulation work can be appropriately conducted.

Demonstrated results and accountability for broad leadership, building of followership and role modeling of Intel's cultural attributes of:

+ Customer obsessed - Seek to understand what matters most to our customers and partners, listening more and talking less.

+ One Intel - "We" before "me". We work across boundaries, collaborating across the aisle and around the world.

+ Fearless - We are bold. We take risks and challenge ourselves. We fail fast, iterate, and continuously improve.

+ Truth and Transparency - Allows the best ideas to emerge and speeds our ability to solve problems faster.

+ Inclusion - Runs through each attribute and is integral to our culture evolution.

+ Quality - Ensures a safe workplace and demonstrates discipline to deliver the products and services that our customers and partners can always rely on.

**Qualifications**

+ Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in Engineering or equivalent

+ 15+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry

+ 10+ years of process engineering, module development and process integration experience

**Inside this Business Group**

As the world's largest chip manufacturer, Intel strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art -- from semiconductor process development and manufacturing, through yield improvement to packaging, final test and optimization, and world class Supply Chain and facilities support. Employees in the Technology Development and Manufacturing Group are part of a worldwide network of design, development, manufacturing, and assembly/test facilities, all focused on utilizing the power of Moore’s Law to bring smart, connected devices to every person on Earth.

**Covid Statement**

Intel strongly encourages employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Intel aligns to federal, state, and local laws and as a contractor to the U.S. Government is subject to government mandates that may be issued. Intel policies for COVID-19 including guidance about testing and vaccination are subject to change over time.

**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.

**Benefits**

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/jobs/benefits.html

**Working Model**

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. **In certain circumstances the work model may change to accommodate business needs.**