EE Master here, this is a wide topic but usually from my experience (friends around who work in chip industry, ie TSMC, MediaTek). Generally, you have the hard

EE Master here, this is a wide topic but usually from my experience (friends around who work in chip industry, ie TSMC, MediaTek). Generally, you have the hardware design (Layout designer, R&D, Process engineer ) this typically need a Master and mostly PhD in EE or related fields. From what I heard in Taiwan, TSMC only accepts Master/PhD for these position and internship. Then you have the interface side which writes firmware codes for these chips ( SSD controler ). These are more like your typical software engineering, you will need at least BC degreee and well verse in C/C++. But usually it's hard to get in with a BC degree unless you are recommended by one of the employee. If you don't have any of the mentioned degree, the fastest way is to get one. It is really hard to learn yourself since this is a highly automated industry with most of the work available in maintainence and cutting edge R&D. Otherwise, your job scope in chip industry is limited to a few ( Firmware is a good start )