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Fields of Study and Jobs They Lead To

GlobalFoundries Dresden hires a lot of technicians and engineers. But that’s not all. Each GF “fab”, or manufacturing site, is like a small city. Name a career and we probably have it! From engineering to supply chain, finance to information technology, business operations to technicians, we have many job opportunities at GF.

Click on our  Career Search to view our current job openings.

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Student Opportunities

We hire university students for many of our departments throughout the year. Those include manufacturing, integration, finance, HR and many more.


Working Students

  • Have completed first year of university
  • Paid part-time (up to 20h/week) position throughout the whole year
  • Transition into internship, thesis, or full-time employment possible 


Voluntary/Compulsory Internships 

  • Paid full time position for university students throughout the whole year 
  • Usually for 3 to 6 months 
  • Transition into working student, thesis, or full-time employment possible 

Apprenticeships

Our various apprenticeships offer those interested in technology and science the opportunity to lay the foundation for their professional career at GF. Every year, about 20 apprentices start in our company. In total, our training officers currently supervise more than 80 trainees.


Qualifications:

  • Secondary school leaving certificate or high school diploma, each with good grades in scientific subjects 
  • Must be at least 16 years old


Program Details:

  • Full-time paid position 
  • Theoretical lessons at vocational school and practical work on-site  
  • 3 to 3.5 years to complete the program 
  • After successful completion, transition into a permanent employment 
  • For more information (in German) click here 
  • Six educational directions with following degrees after successful graduation: 
    • Mechatronic technician  
    • Microtechnologist 
    • Electronics technician for devices and systems 
    • Chemical laboratory technician 
    • Physics laboratory technician 
    • Chemical technician 
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Full-time Jobs

We offer a wide range of full-time opportunities. From working in our manufacturing department as a technician to becoming part of our team of integration engineers, we require many different skill sets.

Associate’s Degrees

  • Electrical Engineering Technology

  • Mechatronics

  • Mechanical Engineering Technology

  • Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

  • Automotive Technology

Type of Job:  Maintenance Technician, Equipment Technician, Facilities Technician, Process Technician 


Where you’ll work: In the “fab” clean room in a bunny suit or in the “subfab” in PPE 


Skills you’ll use:  Hands-on problem solving, mechanical and electrical aptitude, troubleshooting, teamwork, communication 


Where can it lead:  With additional training, experience, and/or education, you can move into other roles in GlobalFoundries such as equipment engineering 

Bachelor’s Degrees in Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering

  • Electrical Engineering

  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Industrial Engineering

  • Physics

  • Materials Science

  • Environmental

  • and more

Type of Job: Process engineer, Yield engineer, Facilities engineer, Equipment engineer, Quality engineer, Device engineer and more 


Where you’ll work: Office environment, lab, cleanroom, or subfab 


Skills you’ll use:  Technical skills, problem solving, working with other teams, critical thinking, communication 


Where can it lead:  With additional training, experience, and/or education, you can move into a higher-level engineering role, management role, or a position in another department at GlobalFoundries 

Bachelor’s Degrees

  • Human Resources 

  • IT 

  • Finance 

  • Business 

  • Operations

  • and more

Type of Job:  Human Resources, IT, Finance, Business, Operations and more 


Where you’ll work: Office environment 


Skills you’ll use: Problem solving, working with other teams, critical thinking, communication 


Where can it lead: With additional training, experience, and/or education, you can move into a management role, or a position in another department at GlobalFoundries 

Master’s and Ph.D. Degrees

Of course, we also hire individuals with master’s and/or doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Engineering, HR, IT, Finance, and more! Check our Careers page for opportunities.

Additional Opportunities

Our employees are offered various opportunities for further training, both internally and externally. In addition, we participate and organize different career events.

Further Education 

  • Professional development into Maintenance Technician or Process Technician positions 
  • Workshops for Manager (Leading @GF) 
  • Sponsoring of external further education (e.g. state certified technician or university degree) 
  • Supervision of technical thesis topics for future maintenance technicians  

Career Events 

  • Trips to schools and universities (e.g. application training with pupils, lectures for students) 
  • Participation in career fairs (virtual and live) 
  • Fab 1 Technician Day 
  • Working groups with representatives of other companies and schools