Application Engineer - Calibre Semi Manufacturing (OPC/RET) - EDA

Application Engineer - Calibre Semi Manufacturing (OPC/RET) - EDA

08-Mayo-2026

Siemens Electronic Design Automation GmbH

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative Application Engineering Consultant to be a part of the European Calibre Foundry/Semi Manufacturing Solution team. You will be part of a high‑performing Application Engineering team responsible for designing, developing and debugging Calibre based OPC/RET solutions for our customers. As application engineers, we build a “trusted advisor” relationship with our customers to help them solve their technical challenges using Calibre.

You will engage with existing customers driving the adoption of Calibre tools, and you will also engage with potential customers, leading evaluations of Calibre tools and providing technical leadership in the sales process. You will team up with the Calibre product & RnD teams to deploy the latest computational lithography technology. You will be based in Dresden, Germany supporting local customers with the opportunity to work with customers across Europe, North America and Asia.

Responsibilities

• Subject matter expert in Computational Lithography (OPC/RET) oriented to problem solving at our customers.
• Develop solutions with the factory to solve challenges arising in computational lithography, OPC modeling, advanced mask correction and fab defect inspection and review fields.
• Deliver technical presentations, demonstrations and training on Calibre OPC/RET /MPC Platforms to new and existing customers.
• Drive the adoption, proliferation and successful production deployment of Calibre products in the design‑to‑mask flow.
• Travel to customer sites in Europe, North America and Asia will be required.

Qualifications

• Education: M.Sc./M. ENG or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, physics, EE or a related field or equivalent.
• 5+ years industry experience or equivalent in semiconductor industry, knowledge in OPC/Computational‑Lithography, advanced mask, IC design tools or defect inspection flows.
• Intermediate programming skills with languages such as Python, Tcl or C/C++.
• Experience in Linux/Unix environments with familiarity with script languages.
• Strong knowledge and background in modeling and simulation for optics, electromagnetic waves or photoresist.
• Direct experience in Siemens Calibre OPC/RET Platform is strongly preferred but not required.
• Self‑motivated and enthusiastically focused on problem solving.
• Strong technical and written communication skills.

Location

Dresden, Germany

Why us?

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