Dr. Harald Gossner
Senior Principal Engineer, Intel
Harald Gossner holds the position of a Senior Principal Engineer at Intel. He received his diploma degree in physics from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich in 1990 and his PhD in electrical engineering from Universität der Bundeswehr, Munich in 1995. For 15 years he has worked on the development of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection concepts with Siemens and Infineon Technologies. In 2011 he joined Intel leading the system ESD robustness development for Intel products.
He is the co-founder and co-chair of the Industry Council on ESD Target Levels representing more than 60 companies including all leading semiconductor manufacturers. He is President Emeritus of the EOS/ESD Association, Rome, NY, IEEE Fellow and editor of IEEE Electron Device Letters.
In his role as technology advisor, he is member of the industry advisory boards of the Bavarian Government and of several Fraunhofer institutes. Since 2024 he is leading the project Semiconductor-X, coordinating the development of a dataspace for a resilient supply chain of semiconductors for Europe. He is also responsible for Intel’s activities to build-up a design ecosystem of innovative designs in digital leading edge technologies in Europe.