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About GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading manufacturer of essential semiconductors, enabling AI at scale from the cloud to the physical world. Through deep partnerships with customers, GF delivers differentiated, power-efficient and high-performance solutions for high-growth markets. GF is a trusted and holistic technology partner for customers around the world. GF’s talented, global team remains focused every day on security, longevity, and sustainability. For more information, visit www.gf.com .

New College Graduates Overview:

We offer many full-time employment paths for recent graduates, which provide accelerated training in a fast-paced work environment, cross-functional working opportunities, and talent mobility. New college graduates are provided with mentorship, networking, and leadership opportunities, which give our new team members life-long connections and skills.

Summary of Role:

The Software Engineer will help build an innovative software performance-tuning application for MIPS RISC-V microprocessors. This early-career role contributes across the application stack, from front-end user interfaces to back-end simulation and modeling, while supporting customer onboarding, troubleshooting, and developer-focused workflows.

Essential Responsibilities include:

Contribute to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of application features that address customer needs, improve workflows, and enhance the customer experience.

Collaborate with engineers, cross-functional teams, and customers to understand requirements and identify opportunities to improve application capabilities.

Apply testing, debugging, and performance-analysis techniques to improve software reliability, performance, usability, and compatibility.

Participate in code reviews and design discussions, contribute improvements to code quality and team practices, and support customer onboarding and troubleshooting.

Other Responsibilities:

Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications:

Education – Graduating with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field from an accredited degree program.

Must have at least an overall 3.0 GPA and proven good academic standing.

Language Fluency - English (Written & Verbal)

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior related internship or co-op experience.

Demonstrated prior leadership experience in the workplace, school projects, competitions, etc.

Strong interest in leveraging AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support effective decision-making.

Project management skills, i.e. the ability to innovate and execute solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Strong planning & organizational skills

Strong programming fundamentals and hands-on software-development experience through coursework, internships, personal projects, open-source contributions, research, or early professional work.

Interest in developer tools, application frameworks, desktop or web applications, data visualization, computer architecture, RISC-V, simulation, performance tuning, or low-level software systems.

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Expected Salary Range $72,000.00 - $141,700.00

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.

All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law