Summer 2027

Quantum Technology Services Intern

Posted on 8/22/2026

GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries

10,001+ employees

Semiconductor foundry delivering specialized chips

Compensation Overview

$20 - $40/hr

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

Malta, NY, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's, PhD

Category
Quantum Computing
Required Skills
Data Visualization
Metrology

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Requirements
  • Be at least a sophomore at the time of application and actively pursue a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical discipline through an accredited degree program during the internship.
  • Maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.0 and good academic standing.
  • Have English language fluency in written and verbal communication.
  • Be able to work at least 40 hours per week during the internship.
Responsibilities
  • Track development lot progress across multiple quantum technology programs.
  • Coordinate experiments, split lots, and characterization activities supporting quantum development efforts.
  • Support closure of action items arising from technical reviews and project meetings.
  • Assist with execution of customer demonstrations and development milestones.
  • Interface with Fab 8 and Fab 9 engineering organizations to support development activities.
  • Support readiness reviews for tools, materials, metrology, and process flows.
  • Identify schedule risks and communicate project status to team stakeholders.
  • Participate in meetings with modality teams, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering organizations, and manufacturing groups.
  • Maintain execution dashboards and project status reporting tools.
  • Document lessons learned and best practices to support future development programs.
  • Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior related internship or co-op experience.
  • Demonstrated prior leadership experience in the workplace, school projects, competitions, or similar settings.
  • Strong interest in leveraging artificial intelligence tools and emerging technologies to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support effective decision-making.
  • Project management skills, including the ability to innovate and execute solutions and navigate ambiguity.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong planning and organizational skills.
  • Being highly organized and action-oriented.
  • Comfort working in rapidly evolving research and development environments.

GlobalFoundries is a semiconductor foundry that manufactures chips for a broad range of customers, focusing on feature-rich, reliable technologies for cars, IoT, 5G, and other high-growth markets. It operates by fabricating silicon wafers for customer designs, offering mature, specialized processes rather than chasing the most advanced nodes. This makes it different from peers that prize the latest process nodes; GlobalFoundries emphasizes diversification across a global manufacturing footprint (U.S., Europe, Singapore) and stable supply for essential applications. Its goal is to be a leading supplier of high-volume, specialty manufacturing that enables reliable chips for everyday devices and growing tech markets.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Town of Malta, New York

Founded

2009

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What believers are saying

  • July 2026 CHIPS Act LOI brings GF $300 million for AI optics research.
  • Q2 2026 communications and data-center revenue jumped 62%, led by silicon photonics.
  • Synopsys ARC and Photeon IVR acquisitions should add $100 million-plus in 2026 services revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Smart mobile was 36% of revenue; memory pricing pressure cuts 2026 demand.
  • IBM’s revived $2.5 billion fraud suit keeps leadership distracted through 2026.
  • Tower Semiconductor litigation can backfire if GF loses, weakening patent leverage.

What makes GlobalFoundries unique

  • GF leads specialty nodes: silicon photonics, RF-SOI, SiGe, and FDX manufacturing.
  • Its Malta, Dresden, and Singapore fabs give customers geopolitical diversification.
  • MIPS plus Synopsys ARC creates software-to-silicon depth for Physical AI customers.

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

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2 year growth

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Yahoo Finance
Aug 11th, 2026
GlobalFoundries stock swings as tiny 16% segment drives 62% growth

GLOBALFOUNDRIES shares fell 7.2% on Monday to $50.05, despite beating June-quarter revenue estimates and raising its outlook for its fastest-growing segment. The semiconductor foundry's communications infrastructure and data centre market grew 62% year-over-year, driven by demand for silicon photonics and silicon germanium chips used in optical networking equipment. However, this high-growth segment represents only 16% of total revenue, approximately $290 million of the $1.786 billion reported for the quarter. Meanwhile, the company's largest segment, smart mobile devices at 36% of revenue, is expected to decline by a low-teens percentage in 2026 due to memory pricing pressures. Overall company revenue grew just 6% year-over-year. The foundry said it is oversubscribed on silicon germanium capacity through 2027 and is expanding within existing facilities. The stock has shown significant volatility, moving in different directions across four trading sessions following the earnings report.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 5th, 2026
GlobalFoundries raises data-centre growth outlook to 60% as Q2 revenue hits $1.79B

GlobalFoundries reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $1.786 billion, up 9% sequentially and 6% year over year. Non-IFRS gross margin expanded to 29.9%, whilst diluted earnings reached $0.46 per share. Communications infrastructure and data-centre revenue surged 62% year over year, driven by silicon photonics and silicon-germanium demand. The company raised its full-year outlook for this segment to 50–60% growth, up from the high-30% range previously expected. Silicon photonics revenue is now projected to more than double in 2026. The firm guided third-quarter revenue of $1.885 billion and earnings per share of $0.51, plus or minus $0.05. GlobalFoundries completed acquisitions of Synopsys' ARC Processor IP Solutions and Photeon Technologies' custom power team, expecting these to contribute $100 million to $120 million in technology-services revenue for 2026.

The Business Journals
Jul 29th, 2026
GlobalFoundries awarded $300M in additional CHIPS Act funds for AI infrastructure research

GlobalFoundries will receive $300 million in US government funding to support research for technology used in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The semiconductor manufacturer's award comes through the CHIPS Act programme. The funding will help develop advanced semiconductor technologies needed for AI systems and related infrastructure.

Yahoo Finance
Jul 11th, 2026
GlobalFoundries exec sells 78% of shares after stock surges 70% in a year

GlobalFoundries Chief Strategy Officer Michael James Hogan sold 2,700 ordinary shares and gifted 100 shares on 8 and 9 July 2026, according to an SEC filing. The transactions reduced his direct shareholding by 78%, leaving him with 795 shares. The sales were executed at $66.83 per share under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The dispositions occurred after GlobalFoundries shares delivered a 70% one-year return as of 9 July 2026. GlobalFoundries operates as a global semiconductor foundry, manufacturing integrated circuits for telecommunications, automotive, industrial, consumer electronics, and computing sectors. The company reported trailing twelve-month revenue of $6.8 billion and net income of $778 million, with a market capitalisation of $38.2 billion.

Associated Press
Jun 23rd, 2026
GlobalFoundries qualifies SLATE 3D packaging on 9SW RF-SOI platform, cutting die size up to 45%

GlobalFoundries has qualified its SLATE wafer-to-wafer bonding technology on the 9SW radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator platform for production, with volume manufacturing expected in the second half of 2027. The technology enables 3D integration for cellular front-ends, reducing die size by up to 45% for space-constrained mobile applications. Manufactured at GF's 300mm Singapore facility, SLATE allows designers to bond two 9SW wafers and stack large field-effect transistors vertically. The technology supports applications including switches, low-noise amplifiers and antenna tuners in 5G mobile devices and satellite communications. The 9SW platform, introduced in 2023, delivers over 20% efficiency enhancement whilst reducing standby currents for longer battery life. An integrated process design kit is available through GF Connect, with prototyping accessible via GlobalShuttle multi-project wafer programme.