New Product Development Test Engineer (2027 New College Graduate)

GlobalFoundries•Richardson, TX

About The Position

GlobalFoundries is hiring a new college graduate to join its New Product Development team as an early-career Test Engineer. The role develops and productizes cost-effective automated test solutions for complex digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits used in automotive and industrial applications. The engineer contributes throughout the product lifecycle, from pre-silicon test strategy through silicon bring-up, qualification, manufacturing release, yield improvement, and cost reduction using Advantest and Teradyne ATE platforms. The position supports test planning, ATE hardware and test-program development, validation and debugging, characterization and data analysis, qualification activities, and manufacturing improvements. The engineer works with cross-functional teams and, under the guidance of experienced engineers, contributes to test hardware, socket design, schematics, layout, diagnostic code, and automation specifications. Assigned products are owned from silicon bring-up through manufacturing release, with attention to product-entitlement targets and critical ramp metrics. The new college graduate program offers full-time employment, accelerated training, cross-functional opportunities, talent mobility, mentorship, networking, and leadership opportunities.

Requirements

Graduating with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field from an accredited degree program.
Overall GPA of at least 3.0 and proven good academic standing.
English fluency, written and verbal.
Experience in semiconductor test, design-for-test (DFT), or integrated-circuit design.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages, including C, C++, Python, or Perl.

Nice To Haves

Prior related internship or co-op experience.
Demonstrated leadership experience in the workplace, school projects, competitions, or similar settings.
Strong interest in leveraging AI 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 that matter and navigate ambiguity.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Strong planning and organizational skills.
Experience with Advantest or Teradyne ATE platforms.
Knowledge of ATE architecture and experience developing low-level test code.
Experience testing digital, analog, or mixed-signal integrated circuits.
Experience with silicon characterization, qualification, or manufacturing ramp.
Familiarity with applicable automotive, industrial, or commercial semiconductor qualification standards.

Responsibilities

Translate product requirements and datasheets into technical specifications, specification-compliance matrices, design-for-test requirements, and ATE test plans to support pre-silicon planning.
Assist with the design of cost-effective ATE hardware and resource allocation to improve multisite efficiency and pin multiplexing for silicon bring-up, validation, and production release.
Develop, bring up, validate, and debug automated test programs for digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits on Advantest and Teradyne ATE platforms.
Analyze test and characterization data to investigate design margins, wafer-fabrication process variation, parametric performance, yield, and test-time opportunities.
Support process-window experiments, silicon and package qualification activities, and product specification compliance for automotive, industrial, or commercial requirements.
Collaborate with Design, DFT, Design Validation, Program Management, Quality and Reliability Engineering, Customer Quality Engineering, Bench Characterization, Applications, Fab, Assembly, and factory Test teams.
Contribute to ATE test hardware, socket design, board schematics, layout, diagnostic code, and test automation specifications under the guidance of experienced engineers.
Document gaps, lessons learned, and best practices, and contribute reusable methods to the Standard Test Methods Library (STML) across ATE platforms.
Own assigned products from silicon bring-up through manufacturing release, drive product-entitlement targets and critical ramp metrics, and support test-time, yield, burn-in, and manufacturing-flow improvements.
Perform all activities safely and responsibly and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.