Testsite Engineer

Global Foundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, Global Foundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit

The Testsite Design and Development role is responsible for designing, developing, and utilizing in-house semiconductor test chips and test structures to characterize emerging technologies, generate actionable electrical data, and accelerate technology and customer design enablement.

• Design and develop in-house test chips, testsites, and test structures to characterize semiconductor technologies and improve understanding of customer design and technology requirements.
• Define and implement chip-level and device-level structures that enable electrical measurement, technology characterization, and development learning.
• Collaborate with technology development, design enablement, product, test, and manufacturing teams to translate characterization needs into testsite requirements and silicon implementations.
• Evaluate and process internal and customer designs through design-to-mask readiness, including layout review and applicable design-rule, verification, and release activities.
• Plan and execute electrical characterization and other relevant testing of fabricated test chips to quantify device, interconnect, circuit, and technology behavior.
• Analyze silicon data, identify trends and performance gaps, and translate results into recommendations for technology, model, design-rule, or testsite optimization.
• Iterate testsite and chip designs based on measured silicon results to improve learning efficiency, measurement capability, and technology maturity.
• Document testsite architecture, design intent, measurement results, and key technical conclusions, and communicate findings to cross-functional stakeholders.

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
• Work collaboratively on other projects and assignments as needed.

• Education
  - Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, Microelectronics, or a related technical field.
• Experience
  - Relevant experience in semiconductor IC or test-chip design, technology development, device characterization, product engineering, or a related field; minimum years of experience to be aligned with the applicable GF career level and scoping guidelines.
• Skills
  - Working knowledge of semiconductor devices, integrated-circuit design or layout, electrical characterization, and interpretation of silicon measurement data.
• Skills
  - Experience with semiconductor design and verification flows such as schematic capture, layout, DRC/LVS, extraction, simulation, or design-to-mask release processes.
• Skills
  - Ability to analyze technical data, identify root causes and trends, and translate results into design or technology improvements.
• Fluency in English - written and verbal.

GF Confidential – Need to know

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, Microelectronics, or a related field.
• Experience designing semiconductor test chips, process-control or characterization structures, or dedicated technology-development testsites.
• Experience with industry-standard EDA environments and data-analysis tools used for IC design, verification, characterization, and silicon…