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Model Support and Optimization Engineer
Intel Corporation · 🇺🇸 4 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 1,731 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1,112 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Intel Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles287 certified filings for “Process Engineer” (Materials Engineers) in OR: $113k–$133k, median $133k. Most were filed at wage level III (87%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Intel Corporation
The US Department of Labor certified 1,731 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1,112 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Details: Job Description: The SC Model Engineer role, reports into the Supply Chain Solutions team within the Corporate Planning Capabilities Group (CPC). This organizationdelivers the data, business processes, and solutions to enable visibility and decision making for the entire product portfolio and PnL at the speed of business. The CPC team sits within the Corporate Planning Group that exists to define and execute a corporate wide operating plan that leverage internal and external manufacturing capabilities to optimize for Intel's growth objectives. This role focuses on ensuring Supply Chain Planning model quality and supporting business stakeholders in ensuring timely and quality Planning Solves supporting Business process benchmarks. In this role your responsibilities include but are not limited to: -Organizing activities across planning roles to ensure Input into the SC Planning systems are timely and correct within the monthly and weekly Business Planning cadences. -Collaborates with Data Stewards, Operational Process Owners and IT to ensure model quality and timely solve runs (POR and adhoc). -Performs post-solve output analysis and provides the go/no-go after POR solve runs for Planning to proceed with business process. -Work with cross functional teams with insights that will support data and process optimization in order to test different courses of action (what-if scenario planning) -Trouble shoot model output anomalies, and identify fixes or improvements supporting Planning stakeholders. -Troubleshoot supply chain issues and work with Solutions teams to develop system/business corrective actions. -Govern factors that impact model behavior and outcomes - routing set-ups, BOM preferences, inventory strategy, business rules and Business Parameter CTRL tables. -Drives planning model alignment with best practices and analytic support for planning parameters such as lead times, yields, DLCP splits, lot sizes, site and sourcing preferences and quotas, minimum loading rules, etc.; provides training and facilitation. -Ensure critical data insights are accessible and reliable, enabling informed decision-making across Planning stakeholders. -Develop and improve framework for assessing model quality, drive model quality -Develop and improve methods and processes to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy. -Work with Solutions team to translate Intel's Product technology complexities (characteristics) into critical Supply Chain needs and requirements for Solutions' team to develop and implement capabilities. -Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure supply chain goals are met. The successful candidate must demonstrate the following: Strong knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing, postponement models, network and routing optimization, cost-to-serve analysis, and SC metrics. Excellent problem-solving, strong collaborator, with willingness to drive change. Skills to tell a story using data including visualization experience. Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities with a focus on root cause investigations. Understanding and experience in implementing lean project initiatives. Qualifications: 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. This position is not eligible for Intel Immigration sponsorship. Minimum Qualifications: -Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, data science, operations research, industrial engineering or a related field. -3+ years' experience in managing complex SC Planning models in semiconductor manufacturing (including