Research Engineering Intern - Richardson, TX, United States
$31 - $42 USD yearly
Originally posted 31 August 2026 by the employer — open 10 days.
About the role
This Research Engineering Intern will assist in the hands-on development of semiconductor materials and devices and/or heterogeneous microelectronics assembly processes.
What you'll do
- Assist in the hands-on development of semiconductor materials and devices and/or heterogeneous microelectronics assembly processes
- Perform device and materials characterization, testing, measurements and correlation
- Perform failure analysis
- Generate and analyze data
- Document and present results to the project team
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled in an accredited program seeking a PhD in Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Chemistry, and/or Material Sciences Engineering
Nice to have
- Familiarity/expertise with semiconductor device and wafer-level processes
- Familiarity/expertise with electrical/thermal/mechanical design and modeling
- Familiarity/expertise with advanced materials
- Familiarity/expertise with FIB/SEM/SAM/IR/XRAY analysis
- Familiarity/expertise with statistical data analysis tools (e.g. Spotfire, Minitab, Excel)
Skills: semiconductor materials, devices, characterization, testing, failure analysis, TCAD
This role has been open 10 days — well below the 56-day median for Device Engineering roles.
Device Engineering · Device Physics
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Open roles in category
137
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$174k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | QORVO | All employers we track in this specialty (137 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 137 |
| Median days open | 10 d | 56 d (−46 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: semiconductor materials, devices, characterization, testing, failure analysis, TCAD
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 23 open roles · median 79 d
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 74 d
- Renesas Electronics · 12 open roles · median 60 d
- STMicroelectronics · 10 open roles · median 15 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 53 d
- Nexperia · 6 open roles · median 79 d
How we counted: 137 open Device Engineering (Device Physics) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 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.