Operations Research, Engineering Analytics Graduate Intern - Arizona, Phoenix, United States
$133,498 - $133,502 USD yearly
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This internship is intended for Industrial Engineering graduate students with a focus on Operations Research, simulation, analytics, and optimization, applying mathematical modeling, discrete event simulation, statistics, and software development skills to analyze and improve semiconductor manufacturing operations.
What you'll do
- Develop and enhance factory simulation models
- Build data pipelines and analytics solutions
- Conduct experiments
- Support capacity, production, and operational decision making
What you'll need
- Master's degree in Industrial engineering or Operations Research
- Strong background in software development
- Programming experience in Python and SQL
Nice to have
- Skilled in Discrete-Event Predictive Modeling and Digital Twin Manufacturing Simulations
- Experienced in Oracle PL/SQL, Python, R, and Applied Statistics
- Strong Analytics and ML experience - Regression, Clustering, Neural networks (feedforward, CNN, RNN, LSTM), Classification, Transformer models and attention mechanisms
- LangChain framework for building LLM applications and agent workflows
- Model fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, QLoRA, full fine-tuning, PEFT)
- Experienced in Data analysis, data visualization, Statistical analysis, Time Series analysis
- Production Planning and Manufacturing Automation experience
- Optimization CPLEX, Linear and Mixed integer programming
Skills: operations research, simulation, analytics, optimization, Python, SQL
This role has been open 27 days — well below the 48-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
360
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$148k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (360 roles · 57 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 360 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 192 | 6119 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 29 d | 48 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: operations research, simulation, analytics, optimization, Python, SQL
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 38 open roles · median 27 d
- KLA Corporation · 30 open roles · median 142 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 29 open roles · median 203 d
- NVIDIA · 28 open roles · median 41 d
- Micron Technology · 27 open roles · median 40 d
- Applied Materials · 24 open roles · median 47 d
How we counted: 360 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Systems Software) roles from 57 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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 — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.