Shoumya Nandy Shuvo

Undergraduate Institution: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Graduate Institution: Purdue University

Current Occupation/Sector: Sr. TD Yield and Failure Analysis Engineer (TEM Scientist) at Intel Corporation

What led you to pursue your current career sector? I pursued this career because it gave me a chance to keep working with Transmission Electron Microscopy, a skill I was lucky to develop during my dissertation at Purdue on multi-nanomaterials. At Intel, I get to apply those skills to real-world challenges in the semiconductor industry, where solving practical problems directly impacts the devices people use every day. Being able to keep learning while seeing the immediate impact of my work is what makes this career so rewarding for me.

If you could give one piece of advice to graduate students exploring career options, what would it be? One piece of advice i'd give is: learn to translate your work for different audiences.

In industry, especially in a role like yield and failure analysis at Intel, it's not enough to understand materials at the atomic scale you also need to explain what a defect means for yield, cost, and timelines. Connecting your technical work to its broader impact is what makes you truly valuable.

So when exploring careers, don't just focus on technical expertise. Practice explaining your work clearly, linking it to larger systems, and showing how your skills create value. That ability will open more doors than you expect.