Factory Automation - Software Development and Sales Support Engineer

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop SECS/GEM Factory Automation solutions.
• Lead the customer engagement with a cross-functional team during various phases of the:
• Solutions life cycle: Requirements discovery, solution design, code development, on-site integration & support.
• Sales process: Technical pre-sales, demos, value positioning, implementation, and installation.

Advanced Responsibilities:

• Uncover customer challenges and goals (e.g., enabling automation, improving yield, reducing power consumption, shortening TTM.
• Translate Advantest technical capabilities and advantages to customer’s business outcomes.
• Collaborate with R&D, Services Sales team, and local account teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Computer Science (BSCS), or equivalent.
• 5-10 years of experience in engineering or production disciplines.
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills, communication skills, & technical sales / support experience.
• Travel within or outside US for project integration.

Industry Skills Required:

• Semiconductor test industry knowledge including SECS/GEM factory automation.
• Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) tester platforms.
• A deep understanding of key customers to align our solutions with their current & future manufacturing process.

Software Skills:

• Software development experience in C++, Qt, Tcl/Tk, Python, Perl, Java, & SQL databases.
• Linux system administration & development environment including Linux shell commands & scripts, and networking.

Desired skills / experience:

• Technical sales experience.
• Basic understanding of SECS/GEM & 300mm SEMI standards including E5, E30, E40, E94.
• Advantest V93000 (V93K) tester, the SmarTest tester operating system, and V93K Production APIs.
• Production support experience in a fab or production software applications.