About TI
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world’s brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI is helping about 100,000 customers transform the future, today. We’re committed to building a better future – from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities and developing great minds. Put your talent to work with us – change the world, love your job!
About the job
As a Senior OPC Technology Transfer Engineer within the Advanced Technology Development (ATD) organization, you will bridge the gap between initial R&D development and High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM) by owning the full lifecycle of transferring developed OPC technologies to production Fabs. In this role, you will thoroughly analyze process, equipment, layout, and tool disparities between R&D and HVM environments to proactively predict, mitigate, and resolve transfer risks prior to recipe release, ensuring a seamless, high-yield production ramp-up. You will utilize your deep technical knowledge of core semiconductor processes—specifically Photolithography and Etching—to align transferred OPC solutions with production-line physics and hardware characteristics. Serving as a technical leader crossing organizational boundaries, you will partner closely with manufacturing operators, shift technicians, and Fab staff to coordinate test wafer execution, align expectations, and drive collaborative alignment. Additionally, you will leverage data science methodologies to collect, analyze, and interpret large-scale wafer measurement datasets to evaluate OPC recipe performance for final manufacturing sign-off, while compiling and analyzing high-volume SEM images and Critical Dimension (CD) data to verify R&D software model behavior against physical production silicon. Finally, you will analyze automated OPC verification results to identify lithographic critical care-abouts and strategically select key metrology targets for systematic layout review and CD-SEM measurement tracking.
QualificationsMinimum requirements:
- Masters in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry or related degree
- 5+ years experience in a semiconductor photolithography and/or OPC development
- Lithography & RET expertise for 45nm, 28nm, 22nm or 20nm processing nodes
- Hands-on experience handling high-volume SEM measurement data and image inspections
- Strong layout review skills using OPC verification tools to determine and isolate critical metrology targets
- Profound understanding of OPC development flows, process window optimization, and design rule constraints
Preferred qualifications:
- Strong knowledge/understanding of advanced lithography processes, lithography simulation techniques, mask making and RET techniques used in semiconductor manufacturing and process development
- Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and effectively communicate technical requirements to manufacturing staff on the Fab floor
- Familiarity with physical layout (gds/oas). Knowledge of litho/OPC test pattern design and layout execution using test pattern generators and use of layout software like Virtuoso, KLayout
- Programming experience in Unix environment
- Understanding of OPC pattern validation methodologies and process window assessment techniques like KLA’s Photolithography Wafer Qualification (PWQ)
- Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively with people in different functions
- Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery
- Demonstrated ability to build strong, influential relationships
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
- Ability to take the initiative and drive for results
- Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.
- We're different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI
- Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here
Skills Required
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry, or a related field
- 5 or more years of experience in semiconductor photolithography and/or OPC development
- Lithography and RET expertise for 45nm, 28nm, 22nm, or 20nm processing nodes
- Hands-on experience handling high-volume SEM measurement data and image inspections
- Strong layout review skills using OPC verification tools to identify critical metrology targets
- Profound understanding of OPC development flows, process-window optimization, and design-rule constraints
- Knowledge of advanced lithography processes, lithography simulation, mask making, and RET techniques
- Leadership skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate technical requirements to manufacturing staff
- Familiarity with physical layout formats including GDS/OAS
- Experience designing and executing lithography/OPC test patterns using test pattern generators
- Experience with layout software such as Virtuoso or KLayout
- Programming experience in a Unix environment
- Understanding of OPC pattern validation and process-window assessment techniques such as KLA Photolithography Wafer Qualification
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal communication, and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate across functions, manage time effectively, deliver projects on time, build influential relationships, work in changing environments, take initiative, and drive results
Texas Instruments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Texas Instruments and has not been reviewed or approved by Texas Instruments.
-
Strong & Reliable Incentives — Profit sharing and annual bonuses are portrayed as a meaningful, formula-linked upside that can materially lift total earnings in strong years. An employee stock purchase plan with a discount further reinforces recurring, wealth-building incentives.
-
Retirement Support — A 401(k) match is described as a stable core benefit, with some references to additional legacy employer contributions and even pension-like elements for certain cohorts. This framing positions long-term savings support as a notable part of the overall rewards package.
-
Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage is depicted as broadly comprehensive, with preventive care and access to HSA/FSA features cited as value-adds. Company-seeded HSA contributions are repeatedly characterized as an important offset to the plan design for those enrolled.
Texas Instruments Insights
What We Do
Texas Instruments develops semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors and analog semiconductors. Texas Instruments has been making progress possible for decades. We are a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, tests and sells analog and embedded processing chips. Our more than 80,000 products help over 100,000 customers efficiently manage power, accurately sense and transmit data and provide the core control or processing in their designs, going into markets such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. Our passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology smaller, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable – opening new markets and making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. We think of this as Engineering Progress. It’s what we do and have been doing for decades. Learn more https://news.ti.com/index.cfm
