Process Integration Development Engineer - TD Defect Metrology - Oregon, Hillsboro, United States
$133,800 - $219,550 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
Join Intel Foundry's Logic Technology Development (LTD) team.
About the role
As a Process Integration Development Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in advancing semiconductor technology by designing, executing, and analyzing experiments to enhance process performance. Your work will directly contribute to optimizing outputs and shaping Intel's innovations.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute experiments to fully characterize processes throughout the development cycle and improve product performance.
- Develop and qualify materials and equipment to meet reliability, cost, and manufacturability requirements.
- Conduct feasibility studies and identify process solutions in collaboration with product and module engineering teams.
- Leverage big data analysis to identify and resolve process design weaknesses or manufacturing tool issues.
- Lead new product qualifications and ensure seamless technology transfers to high-volume manufacturing using the Copy Exactly methodology.
- Collaborate with development teams and material suppliers to align processes with technology roadmaps.
- Organize and present process solutions to engineering teams to address customer requests or resolve issues.
What you'll need
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Optics, Chemistry, or a related field; OR a Master's degree in the aforementioned fields with 4+ years of engineering industry experience.
- Experience in materials characterization techniques such as SEM, TEM, Spectroscopy or other metrology tools.
- Experience with semiconductor processing fundamentals, including lithography, etching, polishing, chemical/physical reactions, or device physics.
- Experience in statistical or data analysis tools like MATLAB, JMP, or Excel, and familiarity with design of experiments (DOE) principles.
Nice to have
- Proven experience in defect reduction or process integration within semiconductor manufacturing.
- Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods or advanced process controls (APC).
- Expertise in advanced transistor device structures and architectures, including fabrication processes.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl) or programming languages (e.g., SQL, C++).
Skills: process integration, defect metrology, semiconductor processing, statistical analysis, technology transfer
This role has been open 22 days — well below the 62-day median for Process Integration roles.
Process Integration · Process Integration
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Open roles in category
240
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$161k
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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 (240 roles · 40 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 240 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 183 | 9874 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 22 d | 62 d (−40 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $161k |
Skills observed across this category: process integration, defect metrology, semiconductor processing, statistical analysis, technology transfer
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 94 open roles · median 60 d
- GlobalFoundries · 28 open roles · median 74 d
- Intel Corporation (this employer) · 13 open roles · median 22 d
- Infineon Technologies · 9 open roles · median 32 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 8 open roles · median 85 d
- SkyWater Technology · 8 open roles · median 30 d
How we counted: 240 open Process Integration (Process Integration) roles from 40 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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 Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.