Design and implement back-end services and interfaces (primarily gRPC) integrating ZEISS Inspect with fab automation frameworks and fab-level controllers
Develop software supporting wafer navigation and orchestrating end-to-end inspection workflows within semiconductor fabs
Own service-level concerns including performance, reliability, observability, fault tolerance, and secure deployment
Build and maintain automated test pipelines, including fab simulators, hardware-/system-in-the-loop testing, and CI/CD workflows
Collaborate with internal automation, controls, metrology, and computer vision teams, as well as external fab stakeholders, to gather requirements and deliver production-ready integrations
Implement and maintain logging, metrics, and distributed tracing for fab-deployed services to support operations and troubleshooting
Participate in architecture/design reviews, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives
Author and maintain technical design documentation, configuration guides, and operational runbooks
Support root-cause analysis and resolution of issues during fab qualification, pilot runs, and production deployments

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on back-end services or systems software
Strong coding proficiency in C++ and C#, with working proficiency in Python
Proven experience designing and building server architectures and networked services (e.g., gRPC or comparable RPC frameworks)
Hands-on experience with DevOps and automated testing pipelines (e.g., Git-based CI/CD, automated builds and tests, artifact management, and deployment pipelines)
Solid foundation in software engineering best practices, including version control, code reviews, debugging/profiling, and testable code design

Senior Systems Software Engineer – Industrial Fab Automation

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