Design Application Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)
$20 - $40 USD hourly
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
GlobalFoundries is seeking a Design Application Engineering Intern to support technical engagements from design concept through tape-out, focusing on first-time-right design execution.
What you'll do
- Review and reproduce customer and design enablement issues, assess technology application and design-flow requirements, and recommend technical solutions.
- Collaborate with Application Engineers, internal subject matter experts, EDA partners, and technology teams to support design enablement solutions.
- Track actions, risks, customer cases, technical milestones, and closure criteria while supporting internal process-improvement projects.
- Develop customer-facing presentations, application notes, evaluation summaries, and technical documentation to guide design flows and communicate technology differentiation.
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled as at least a sophomore pursuing an accredited Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or a related field during the internship.
- Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher in good academic standing.
- Professional language fluency in English (written and verbal).
- Ability to work at least 40 hours per week onsite during the internship period.
Nice to have
- Prior related internship or co-op experience.
- Coursework or project experience in digital design, place and route, standard-cell design, analog, silicon photonics or mixed-signal circuit design, simulation, layout, verification, or semiconductor device physics.
- Familiarity with EDA tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys OptoCompiler, Calibre, or Pegasus physical verification.
- Experience with Linux, Verilog, Verilog-AMS, process design kits (PDKs), or IC design flows.
- Demonstrated prior leadership experience in the workplace, academic projects, or competitions.
Skills: design enablement, PDK, EDA tools, Cadence Virtuoso, Calibre, IC design flows
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 36-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
124
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Median days open
36 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$182k
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| Metric | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (124 roles · 10 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 124 |
| Median days open | 56 d | 36 d (+20 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $182k |
Skills observed across this category: design enablement, PDK, EDA tools, Cadence Virtuoso, Calibre, IC design flows
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys · 65 open roles · median 30 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 35 open roles · median 30 d
- Keysight Technologies · 9 open roles · median 63 d
- Renesas Electronics · 6 open roles · median 76 d
- Amazon · 2 open roles · median 18 d
- Arteris · 2 open roles · median 128 d
How we counted: 124 open Applications FAE (EDA Tools) roles from 10 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.