Senior Software Engineer

About the position

At ASM, the Software Engineering team works on delivering software that has immediate, tangible results visible in the operation of semiconductor processing equipment hardware. The hardware includes robotics, gas valves, temperature controllers and other hardware. Come join our team and have the opportunity to develop advanced software for cutting edge tech, see your work have real results by driving the most advanced hardware in the SEMI industry, work with a global team full of talented Software Engineers, be part of the team that leads the next generation of SEMI manufacture control Software technology and trends, travel globally and visit major chip makers FAB sites, and work in Phoenix, the heart of the next SEMI tech hub.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software for our semiconductor manufacturing equipment
• Developing for Windows and Real-time Operating Systems
• Collaborate to establish software strategies and drive software innovation
• Troubleshoot and resolve computer software issues, including real-time software control systems
• Able to triage mechanical, electrical and software bugs
• Responsible to manage escalation calls with field support engineers and customers at a national and global level
• Work with QA / Support team to add replicated bugs to regression
• Author, revise, and review system specifications, software designs, test plans, and other software documentation
• Investigate both internal and external inquiries, questions and problem reports. Offer problem analysis, solutions, or alternatives as a result of these investigations
• Evaluate software engineering tools
• Participate in system design teams
• Develop schedules for software development efforts
• Provide engineering solutions to resolve all software issues
• Evaluating new software and hardware tools for possible department use

Requirements

• Strong software development skills in one or more general purpose programming languages: C++, C#
• 5+ years' experience as a generalist or mid-stack software development

Nice-to-haves

• Educational background in Computer Science
• 10+ years' in software development and software architecture
• Experience working with software for Machine Control (including Semiconductor equipment)
• Developing for Windows and Real-time Operating Systems
• Multi-threaded applications
• Real-time software
• Graphical User Interfaces
• Device drivers or other interrupt driven software
• Data Communications, Networking and EtherCAT
• Complex dynamic scheduling algorithms with deadlocks avoidance
• Knowledge of programming tools such as text editors, debuggers, application builders and configuration management tools
• Ability to read code and understand the functionality implemented and the ability to translate the functionality into another piece of software
• Comprehend software documentation including specification and design documents, communication interface specific and API description