Sr Back-End Facilities Development Engineer

Job Description: 

At Intel, we create world-changing technology that improves the life of every person on the planet. This position resides within Intel’s Arizona Chandler (CH) or Oregon Aloha (AL) Facilities Operations group, which is tasked with delivering world-class operational infrastructure to support our manufacturing and technology development. Our group leads efforts in facility planning, engineering, and maintenance, ensuring Intel remains at the forefront of semiconductor innovation. Working in this team allows you to contribute to the foundation of Intel's global manufacturing success, promoting sustainability, efficiency, and safety in facilities operations.

We are seeking a Facilities Development Engineer to join our campus in Chandler, Arizona or Hillsboro, Oregon. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in designing, developing, and maintaining Intel's cutting-edge facilities infrastructure to support the manufacturing of advanced microprocessors and system-on-chip technologies. You will drive facilities innovation and operational excellence by developing new back-end facilities technologies, standardizing global capacity management processes, leading strategic What-If (WIF) analyses, and collaborating with external suppliers to qualify next-generation equipment configurations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Back-End Technology Innovation: Develop and qualify new back-end facilities technologies supporting next-generation packaging tools to meet evolving factory needs.
• Global Process Standardization: Implement, standardize, and own capacity management processes (including FASTR and Pipeflo), establishing a unified capacity management model across all back-end facilities worldwide.
• Strategic Planning & WIF Analysis: Provide technical leadership in What-If (WIF) analyses across all back-end sites, partnering with Strategic Planning and Construction teams to analyze the impacts of first-of-a-kind (FoK) tools.
• Engineering Experiments & Optimization: Design and execute facility engineering experiments to evaluate, model, and optimize utility equipment, factory systems, and configuration footprints.
• Specification Ownership: Maintain and update Intel Master Design Specification (IMDS) and operations specification documents to ensure flawless technology transfer and startup activities.
• Efficiency & Energy Conservation: Analyze operational utility processes and energy utilization to implement system efficiency improvements and cost reductions.
• Utility Expansion & System Layouts: Design and oversee facility utility expansions, infrastructure upgrades, and system layouts while managing contractor schedules and performance.
• Regulatory Compliance: Adhere strictly to building codes, environmental regulations, and health/safety standards, preparing all required engineering compliance documentation.

As a Successful Candidate, You Will Bring:

• Technical Leadership & Influencing: Strong leadership skills to align priorities, drive consensus, and lead cross-functional technical teams across global sites.
• Strategic Collaboration: Partners effectively with diverse internal engineering groups, construction contractors, and external global suppliers.
• Analytical Problem Solving: Deep analytical approach to interpreting complex blueprints, utility data, and system process flows.
• Adaptability & Drive: High enthusiasm for operating in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving technology and construction environment.

Apply today to join Intel Sr Back-End Facilities Development Engineer. Take ownership of our cutting-edge manufacturing infrastructure, drive global engineering standards, and build a rewarding career at the foundation of high-tech innovation.

Qualifications:

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Experience would be obtained through a combination of prior education level classes, and current level school classes, projects, research and relevant previous job and/or internship experience. This Position is not eligible for Intel immigration sponsorship.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a related STEM discipline.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in facilities engineering, high-tech infrastructure design, or industrial utilities development.
• Relevant experience must be combination of:
  • Working with industrial facility systems, specifically within chemical/gas delivery, instrumentation and controls, electrical distribution, mechanical/HVAC, life safety systems, or water treatment.
  • Interpreting mechanical blueprints, electrical schematics, utility capacity models, and project cost estimation data.
  • Executing projects in compliance with high-tech building codes and environmental health and safety (EHS) regulations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience:
  • Standardizing capacity management processes (such as FASTR or Pipeflo) across multiple manufacturing locations.
  • Managing project cost estimation, facilities budget planning, and long-term infrastructure forecasting.
  • Onboarding and qualifying technical equipment suppliers.

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Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

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