Foundry Support Engineer

Over deze functie

**What you will do**

Join our multidisciplinary foundry support team, the crucial interface between cutting-edge chip foundries and our valued customers. From the inception of design to the final Tape-Out phase, you are there to answer any technical queries related to technologies, libraries, and verification decks.

In this role you are responsible for:

* Interfacing between world-class chip foundries (chip manufacturing plants) and our customers. You will support universities, startups, SME’s and system houses from design start until the moment they are ready to tape out and guide them on the technical side of their designs.
* Providing our worldwide customers with chip design guidelines, design rules, libraries and design kits and assisting with installing and using them before and during the chip design phase.
* Answering questions about how to use the technology and libraries to create an ASIC. For this you have a team of experienced colleagues and a support team at the foundry to support you where needed.
* Using the most advanced Electronic Design Automation software from leading vendors to investigate test cases and provide support.
* Assisting the sales team in technical discussions with customers.

**What we do for you**

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.