ZEISS Group
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Senior Systems Software Engineer – Industrial Fab Automation
Location
Minnesota
Posted
14 days ago
Salary
$110K - $138K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishGRPCPython
Job Description
• 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
Job Requirements
- 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
Benefits
- medical plans
- retirement savings plan
- paid time off
- performance bonus