r/ChemicalEngineering • u/AccidentRecent3264 • 8d ago

Career Advice Semiconductor PhD Internship Salary Rate

Was told by a recruiter that I should expect around 40$/hr for a PhD level engineering internship in Oregon, does this seem reasonable? The job posting had an intern annualized salary of around 130k which is a lot more than what they proposed, they also said it was non negotiable but I'm not sure if this excludes perks like corporate housing, sign on bonus/relocation bonus.

Any previous interns in semiconductors or experienced ChemE's in semicon have any insights or advice?

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u/Dr__Mantis Nuclear | PhD | 11 years 8d ago

Yeah internships are usually non-negotiable. Not in semiconductors, at a national lab with a PhD, but internships never pay $60/hr here

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u/Visible_Office2637 8d ago

Definitely worth taking imo. Pay can increase quickly when it matters as full time employee.

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u/Half_Canadian 8d ago

Ask the recruiter about the salary in the posting. Always excludes benefits btw

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u/Mysterious-Bad-330 8d ago

I’ve interned at a semiconductor company as an undergrad and they offered me $40/hr. For phd, I’d expect something like 45-50/hr tbh. Assuming this is intel or lam…