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Intel Foundry Senior Customer Quality Engineer
Intel Corporation · 🇺🇸 2 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 roles11 certified filings for “Quality Reliability Engineer” (Industrial Engineers) in AZ: $103k–$130k, median $117k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% 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 Role and Impact As a Customer Quality and Reliability Engineer within Intel Foundry, you will take a hands-on leadership role in ensuring that Intel Foundry meets and exceeds industry benchmarks for semiconductor manufacturing quality, reliability, and customer responsiveness. In this role, you will act as a primary advocate for external customers across Intel Foundry partner organizations and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) services. By spearheading incident and excursion management, facilitating customer audits, driving structured problem-solving, and developing next-generation quality systems, you will directly influence operational excellence and strengthen collaborative relationships with our global customers. Business Group Intel Foundry is dedicated to delivering industry-leading, world-class semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging solutions to global customers. The Customer Quality Engineering (CQE) team plays a mission-critical role in this vision by safeguarding manufacturing quality and product reliability, driving cross-site continuous improvement, and aligning internal processes with rigorous industry standards. Our team partners closely with customers and internal engineering groups to ensure Intel Foundry is recognized as a trusted, world-class manufacturing partner. Key Responsibilities: • Serve as the primary customer advocate and technical interface for customer quality inquiries, representing customer interests across Intel Foundry and external OSAT partner organizations to deliver timely, collaborative solutions. • Direct end-to-end incident and excursion management processes for customer materials, driving structured root-cause investigations, material disposition, and preventative corrective actions. • Lead and support structured problem-solving initiatives utilizing rigorous methodologies such as 8D, RMA, and Change Notification Management (PCNs). • Facilitate and support customer quality audits, ensuring comprehensive compliance with international industry standards including ISO9001 and IATF16949. • Drive continuous improvement by designing, deploying, and standardizing next-generation quality management systems, collateral, and structured business processes across foundry and OSAT operations. • Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to track, analyze, and report key performance indicators (KPIs), conducting regular quality reviews to continuously enhance customer satisfaction. • Champion cross-functional collaboration internally to advocate for customer quality requirements and drive service, process, and yield improvements throughout manufacturing, assembly, and test operations. Qualifications: Candidates 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. The experience listed below may be obtained through schoolwork, classes and project work, internships, military training, and/or work experience. Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field with 4+ years of hands-on experience in quality, reliability, or semiconductor manufacturing processes; OR • Master’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field with 3+ years of hands-on experience in quality, reliability, or semiconductor manufacturing processes; OR • PhD in Engineering or a related technical field with 1+ years of hands-on experience in quality, reliability, or semiconductor manufacturing processes. • 1+ years of experience in the following: • Quality and reliability systems, excursion management, and structured problem-solving methodolo