microelectronics industry

SEMI spoke with Prof. Owen J. Guy, Head of Chemistry and Education Lead at the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials at Swansea University, about the challenge of onboarding talent within the microelectronics industry and the importance of the SEMI Talent Forum ahead of the May 30 event.

SEMI recently spoke with Gustafson and two Energetiq employees – Senior Marketing Manager Mae Steinberg and Senior Director of Sales and Service Megan Dube – about the importance of equity and inclusion at the company.

To help companies create their workforce development plans as part of the CHIPS Act funding application, we created the SEMI Foundation Workforce Development and DEI Menu of Services – packages of workforce development programs currently offered by the SEMI Foundation.

Alternative career paths are more important today than ever before, particularly in the semiconductor industry, where an aging workforce and a host of new fabs under construction threaten to worsen the existing talent shortage. The industry faces a multifaceted challenge in the coming years– people.

While many pioneering women in STEM have made significant contributions to science and technology, they have not been given equal recognition for their work. Following is a short list of some of the many women who have been trailblazers in STEM and had an impact on the microelectronics industry.

In this article, several experts weigh in on considerations for developing the smart manufacturing workforce that will help to alleviate the U.S. semiconductor manufacturing talent shortage, even as multiple, data-intensive $1 billion to $10 billion fabrication facilities come online.

Now hiring signs are replacing masks and bottles of hand sanitizer as the ubiquitous markers of COVID-19, as the Great Resignation continues, and the Omicron surge ebbs. This is the new COVID reality: No industry seems to be fully staffed, and everyone is competing for talent.

Jennifer Braggin, director of technical training at Entegris, was honored with the inaugural SEMI Foundation Excellence in Achievement Award at SEMICON West 2021 in San Francisco in December for her contributions to advancing workforce development and DEI in the microelectronics industry.

Considering the history of computing and the low expectations for women that were once widespread in academia and the workplace, little wonder that women continue to face significant hurdles in the microelectronics industry. Today, women make up less than 25% of the computing workforce.

As we round the corner on 2021, the microelectronics industry continues to face a severe talent crisis. With more than 34,000 jobs remaining unfilled at SEMI member companies in the United States alone, everyone is competing for the same talent pool. While the semiconductor shortage has received...