Advanced Manufacturing Equipment Engineer Intern

About GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading manufacturer of essential semiconductors, enabling AI at scale from the cloud to the physical world. Through deep partnerships with customers, GF delivers differentiated, power‑efficient and high‑performance solutions for high‑growth markets. With global manufacturing operations across the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted and holistic technology partner for customers around the world. GF’s talented, global team remains focused every day on security, longevity and sustainability. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Internship Program Overview:

Our Interns & Co-ops are our entry-level talent pipeline for GF across the globe. Our goal is to provide students with a meaningful work experience that will equip them with the skills to embark on a career in the fast-paced and growing semiconductor industry after graduation. As an intern at GF, you will experience one-on-one mentorship, work assignments that prioritize your growth and potential, professional development opportunities, and the chance to network with executives.

Summary of Role:

Our Fab 9 location in Essex Junction, VT  is looking to hire Equipment Engineer Interns who are in pursuit of and have completed their first year in a 4-Year Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other relevant discipline to sustain and run the fab floor with primary responsibility of resolving equipment and process issues. You will be given an intern project that will require you lead the project to completion and share your success through an end of year intern poster session.

Essential Responsibilities include:

• Drive continuous improvement efforts in support of throughput improvement, cost reduction, and yield learning.

• Define and maintain equipment installation process qualification or installation roadmaps

• Define and maintain equipment installation roadmaps - Drive equipment planning, equipment selection and configuration with the area process engineers, including installation, start up and volume ramp of process equipment.

• Design, execute, and analyze experiments to screen and optimize equipment to meet technology (performance, yield, and reliability) and manufacturing (process stability, cost of ownership) targets.

• Must be mechanically inclined and able to lead hands on, tactical troubleshooting efforts to resolve long term performance issues; must be able to deconstruct and understand complex systems

• Collaborate with GLOBALFOUNDRIES integration and process engineering to support development of improved next generation technologies. Support technology transfer to other fabricators.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements, and programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Education – A sophomore at the time of application and actively pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field through an accredited degree program during the time of internship. 

• Must have at least an overall 3.0 GPA and be in good academic standing. 

• Language Fluency - English (Written & Verbal)

• Travel - Up to 10%

• Ability to work at least 40 hours per week during the internship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior related internship or co-op experience

• Project management skills, i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong planning & organizational skills

• Knowledge of Semiconductor Manufacturing

• Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE)

• Ability to work effectively and efficiently with diverse teams, customers, internal and external partners.

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Expected Salary Range:

$20.00 - $40.00 per hour

Expected Salary Range

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The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.