Tapeout Engineer, College Graduate

Tapeout And Mask Operations Engineer With A Data Focus

As a Tapeout and Mask Operations Engineer with a data focus, you will partner with a global team of engineers, product owners, and data architects to drive next-generation tapeout workflows and data platforms as part of a greenfield business transformation project. This role combines tapeout domain expertise with data engineering, cloud architecture, and analytics, enabling scalable, high-quality, and automated tapeout operations in a modern cloud environment.

Join a team that offers exceptional career growth through:

• Hands-on ownership of tapeout data ecosystems
• Work across configuration, execution, and analytics data domains to define, model, and enable scalable data solutions supporting end-to-end tapeout workflows
• Partner with Product Lines, Manufacturing Fabs, EDA teams, and IT to ensure data integrity, traceability, and governance across the tapeout lifecycle
• Building cloud-native data and automation capabilities
• Contribute to the development of data pipelines, validation frameworks, and automation supporting tapeout execution in AWS-based environments
• Develop tools and dashboards to analyze tapeout KPIs, execution data, and system performance, driving data-informed decision-making
• Driving transformation of legacy to modern tapeout systems
• Play a key role in data migration, mapping, and reconciliation efforts from legacy systems into modern cloud platforms
• Help implement best practices in data modeling, validation, and cross-system integration to improve quality and reduce manual effort
• End-to-end visibility into the customer tapeout lifecycle
• Gain exposure to complex, real-world semiconductor challenges across design, data exchange, execution, and mask manufacturing
• Build a strong systems-level understanding of how data flows across the full tapeout process

Essential

Responsibilities include:

• Enable scalable, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) functions in a Cloud environment
• Continuously learn and explore new technologies and trends in tapeout interactive tool/app development, including AI/ML technologies and AWS services
• Create data visualizations, tools to view EDA tool outputs to bring process improvements and documentation
• Data analytics on Tapeout processing key performance indicators (KPIs), to drive optimized performance of Cloud Tapeout execution
• Support customer Tapeouts, Mask manufacturing enablement, Fab Wafer start enablement

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs

Required Qualifications:

• Education – Graduating with bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering, data science or related field from an accredited degree program.
• Must have at least an overall 3.5 GPA and proven good academic standing.
• Architecting and developing process improvement automations and KPI metrics using Python, Angular, Quicksight, and Power Apps in various cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases to process tapeout / EDA data.
• Language Fluency - English (Written & Verbal)
• Knowledge of developing business process improvement tools in cloud utilizing out of box services.
• Knowledge of project life cycle, exposure to project managements tools like ADO, JIRA and integration pipeline tools like Bamboo, GIT, Jenkins etc..

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior related internship or co-op experience.
• Demonstrated prior leadership experience in the workplace, school projects, competitions, etc.
• Project management skills, i.e. the ability to innovate and execute solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, planning & organizational skills
• Must be proactive, with a desire to continuously improve system solutions, process documentation, and operating procedures.
• Knowledge/working with Semi-conductor domain (Foundry) is a plus.

Expected Salary Range

$58,400.00 - $

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

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