Device Engineer Intern - Rio Rancho, NM

Looking for a career path in the high tech manufacturing industry? Become part of a team focused on delivering the most exciting semiconductor technology to the world!  If you enjoy working with others in a fast pace environment and are looking for an opportunity to grow your career in the high tech industry then Tower Semiconductor is the place to be!

Tower Semiconductor is a global specialty foundry leader! We specialize in manufacturing analog integrated circuits for more than 300 customers worldwide in growing markets such as automotive, medical, industrial, consumer and aerospace and defense, among others.

Site Location: Rio Rancho, NM

Responsible for research and development of specialty process technologies used in the manufacture of semiconductors, specifically RF SOI, RF CMOS, and SiGe BiCMOS technologies. Exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria. Typical responsibilities include test structure design, process integration, process and device simulation, and experiment lot analysis. R&D engineers may interact directly with customers to assess their needs and participate in joint development.

• You can lead various process technology development projects in the companies’ product lines. Research new applications of the company’s technology portfolio. 
• You can design new devices and coordinate experiments for technology development and yield enhancement for state-of-the-art RF and High Performance Analog technologies.
• You define process experiments and manage development and engineering wafers-in-process. Analyze parametric results and characterize devices using DC and RF techniques
• You use TCAD tools to assist with device and process development. 
• You can create and characterize test structures for device design and optimization. You can work with the process engineering team to develop unit processes in support of new technologies
• You can support customer engineering on various customer requests as well as communicate directly with customers as needed.
• You are able to support transfer of newly developed processes to production.

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or physics.
• Experience in RF technologies/devices encouraged to apply.
• Strong understanding of device physics, process integration, and characterization of CMOS or BiCMOS technologies.
• Experience with RF-CMOS and SOI technologies is preferred. 
• Experience with RF characterization is a plus.
• Experience with Synopsys TCAD tools and Cadence Virtuoso a plus. 
• Position requires very strong analytical and people skills. 
• Use of multi-disciplinary approaches to problem solving. 
• Competence in emerging technology areas important to company. 
• Experience working with a semiconductor fab and fab environment.

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