Anyone working or have worked in Semiconductor Manufacturing & NPI (GlobalFoundries, Intel, Micron, TSMC, Skyworks, Samsung Austin) but realized they should have opt for Design, R&D and Product Development? Is this really that Semiconductor Manufacturing is low paid? I would like to talk someone on this topic in PM #hardware #semiconductor #tsmc #intel #samsung #manufacturing #design #nvidia #qualcomm
Comparing to the recent software salary the semiconductor jobs are really low paid except may be for few key people in any project.
Cadence, Ansys, Synopsis are making tools for Semi and those Design roles are highly paid (Nvidia, Qualcomm, Apple SoC, Marvell, etc) Maybe you are confusing Semi Technology with Semi Chips/system?
Do you guys ever think, maybe learn some latest thing in software and move out of semi
Semi has lot of design and software. Think about Ansys Design tools, Power & Thermal Design, RTL, Packaging Design, Optical Interconnect Design, and so on. May by Semi you mean Semiconductor Technology (nodes) and Cleanroom processing?
True. I was thinking more in terms of TC between a semiconductor industry to pure software development
OP: comes to semiconductor room and asks how is pay in the semiconductor industry Everyone in semiconductor industry: pay is much less than software OP: argues with responses and accuses everyone of being confused
Every semi company is a software company. The point I am trying to convey is Semiconductor Technology Companies (Manufacturers and OEMs) vs Design (Fabless and SoC design). Definitely Silicon Vendors pay far less than IP and ASIC vendors (software/design). I hope you understand the point Intel
Design might have a slight premium but r&d and product people get paid mostly similar as semi manufacturing. Go look up levels fyi or Glassdoor if you really want to count peanuts
Pay is shit, culture is shit, WLB is shit. TSMC’s boss literally said if you’re not passionate enough to work long hours for shit pay you don’t belong in the industry.
Manufacturing as in process engineering? You’d be more valuable At Equipment companies.
Yes, both in OEMs and Fabs. Maybe OEMs R&D is less hectic and well paid than Fab like GF, Intel, OnSemi?
R&D for process pays about 15% more than manufacturing. Design plays about 15% more than R&D process.
Semi r&d really isn't that much better.
Agree…
What do you mean by Semi R&D - the node semiconductor process technology or the SoC/Interconnect/Packaging/Device Design?