ASIC Physical Design Graduate Trainee

The Programme

The digitization of every industry is accelerating the global demand for semiconductors at a torrid pace. A convergence of trends makes now the right time for Intel to rise to the occasion and meet the growing demand. Intel has led the world in chip-manufacturing as an integrated device manufacturer (IDM); the new IDM 2.0 is a major evolution of Intel's IDM model. Intel Foundry Services (IFS), as one of the strategic pillars of Intel IDM 2.0, is chartered to empower our customers by delivering industry-leading silicon and packaging with a differentiated IP portfolio.  
 
You will be part of a team, participating in test chip design and/or design platform validation, using leading edge process technologies from Intel.  
 
This role requires an engineer with strong analytic and problem-solving skills, an ability to communicate well, and willing to share and discuss issues.  
 
Your responsibilities will include but not limited to: performing all aspects of the ASIC design flow from optimizing design in synthesis, cell floor planning, placement, clock tree synthesis, route planning, static timing analysis, power reduction, layout DRC fixes to create a design database that is ready for manufacturing, running test cases to validate IFS design platform to ensure expected functionality and quality of result being produced. 

Required Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor of Engineering degree or a Master of Science degree in Electronic, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent.  
• Undergrad students pursuing Bachelor of Engineering degree or a Master of Science degree in Electronic, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent may apply as well.

The ideal candidate will exhibit the following behavioral traits: 

• Strong analytical ability, problem solving and communication skills.  
• Ability to work independently and at various levels of abstraction. 
• Strong communication and teamwork skills. 
• Capable of working in a high performing team to deliver the results required from the organization. 
• Scripts writing for data analysis and design recipe creation.

Inside this Business Group

Intel Foundry Services (IFS) is an independent foundry business that is established to meet our customers' unique product needs. With the first "Open System Foundry" model in the world, our combined offerings of wafer fabrication, advanced process, and packaging technology, chiplet, software, robust ecosystem, and assembly and test capabilities help our customers build their innovative silicon designs and deliver full end-to-end customizable products from Intel's secure, resilient and sustainable source of supply. 
 
Working Model

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.

About Us: 
 
You know us best for our processors, but we do so much more. We are makers, catalysts and inventors. We innovate at the boundaries of technology to make amazing experiences possible for business, society, and every person on Earth. With more than 100,000 employees in 63 countries and customers in over 120, Intel’s products and services create the foundation for limitless invention. Our innovations are bringing sight, touch, depth-perception and the ability to communicate to devices, objects and spaces to make them smart and connected. We harness the capability of the cloud and the Internet of Things to disrupt industries while solving global challenges. We lead on important matters of policy, diversity, inclusion, education and sustainability.