Intel
Sort Interface Pathfinding and Development Engineer
$134K–$255K
US, Oregon, Hillsboro · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years with a bachelor’s degree, 4+ years with a master’s degree, or 2+ years relevant post-graduate or industry experience with a Ph.D.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related STEM field.
About the job
Develops and qualifies wafer and die sort probing interfaces and test hardware for Intel products and external Foundry and OSAT customers.
What you'll do
- Design and execute experiments to optimize and qualify probing technologies and contact architectures.
- Translate customer requirements into sort interface specifications, design rules, and Interface Design Kits.
- Coordinate customers, suppliers, and internal teams on test hardware development, supplier roadmaps, and manufacturing readiness.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related STEM field with 6+ years of industry experience; OR Master’s degree in the same fields with 4+ years; OR Ph.D. in the same fields with 2+ years of relevant post-graduate or industry experience.
- Experience with wafer/die sort technology, prober-tester cell integration, and qualification of advanced probe card technologies.
- Experience structuring and executing DOEs to evaluate probing margins, yield, and process health.
- Direct experience in ATE test hardware/methodology, Sort/Class product development, or PCB/space transformer/substrate design rules and stackup architectures.
Nice to have
- 6+ years in advanced probing process characterization or managing external supplier/customer technical relationships.
- Experience with OSAT/Foundry test operations, fine-pitch micro-bumps, EMIB/EMIB-T or other 2.5D/3D architectures, or commercial ATE platforms such as Advantest V93k or Teradyne Ultra-FLEX.
Pay
$133,800.00-255,200.00 USD (annual salary; target compensation)
Tools
DOE, ATE, PCB, EMIB, EMIB-T, Foveros, Foveros Direct, Advantest V93k
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