SMTS Foundry Technology
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Acts as the primary technical interface between internal engineering teams and external foundry partners, driving yield improvement, executing tapeouts, and supporting technology qualification and high-volume production readiness.
About this role
Overview
Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, is seeking to hire an exceptional SMTS Foundry Technology to join our Operations Engineering team in Taiwan. In this role, you will be working with some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world developing products that make data faster and safer.
As a SMTS Foundry Technology, you’ll act as the primary technical interface between internal engineering teams and external foundry partners, ensuring successful technology qualification, tapeout execution, yield ramp, and high-volume production readiness. In this full time role, you’ll report to our Director Foundry Technology.
Rambus offers a flexible work environment, embracing a hybrid approach for most office-based roles.
Responsibilities
- Drive yield improvement initiatives with foundries through data analysis (WAT, test data) and root cause investigation
- Collaborate with foundry to implement process improvements and CIP actions
- Execute tapeouts to foundries, including GDS release, MT form preparation, and engineering lot planning
- Support technology evaluation for new nodes and/or new foundries
- Work with supply chain team on wafer WIP management.
- Support design teams with PDK usage, design rules (DRC/LVS), and process guidelines interpretation.
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Strong experience in semiconductor process technology (e.g., BCD, FinFet)
- Hands-on experience with yield analysis, and foundry interaction
- Experience with TSMC technology and systems
- Familiarity with PDK, DRC/LVS, and IC design flow is a plus
- Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
- Fluent in English and Mandarin.
About Rambus
Rambus is a global company that makes industry-leading memory interface chips and Silicon IP to advance data center connectivity and solve the bottleneck between memory and processing. With over 30 years of semiconductor experience, we are a leading provider of high-performance products and innovations that maximize the bandwidth, capacity and security for AI and other data-intensive workloads. Our world-class team is the foundation of our company, and our innovative spirit drives us to develop the cutting-edge products and technologies essential for tomorrow’s systems.
Rambus offers a competitive compensation package, including base salary, bonus, equity and employee benefits.
Rambus is committed to cultivating a culture where we actively seek to understand, respect, and celebrate the complex and rich identities of ourselves and others. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives are geared towards valuing the differences in backgrounds, experiences, and thoughts at Rambus to help enhance collaboration, teamwork, engagement, and innovation. At Rambus, we believe that we can be our best when every member of our organization feels respected, included, and heard.
Rambus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Rambus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during our job application procedures. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please feel free to inform us in your application.
Rambus does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.
For more information about Rambus, visit rambus.com. For additional information on life at Rambus and our current openings, check out rambus.com/careers/.
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