TTAD Group leader / Job leader: AI research in Autonomy and Knowledge Capture
About The Position
Tokyo Electron (TEL) is a leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. TEL Technology AI and Design Inc is our Silicon Valley AI lab, where we do groundbreaking, long-term research and technology development in AI for semiconductor equipment. One of our projects relates to autonomous operation of semiconductor equipment. This project has been ongoing for several years and is in the prototype stage. We are looking for an experienced engineer who can lead a small team for the next phase of this project. The technologies used include embedded control, complex software/hardware systems, autonomy/planning, semantic and symbolic knowledge capture from unstructured data, transfer learning, and advanced UI design. This position will be filled as Principal Engineer (technical career track) or Sr Manager (management career track) level depending on the candidate’s experience and career interests.
Requirements
- 7+ years of relevant engineering experience (such as computer science/AI research, software engineering, machine learning, scheduling and planning, or knowledge representation)
- 4+ years of experience with complex hardware + software systems
- 2+ years of small-group leadership experience
- Expertise in leading techniques for semantic capture, search, and embedding spaces
- PhD or MSc in Computer Science or adjacent areas, or BSc with 10+ years of AI/ML/Comp Sci research excellence required
Nice To Haves
- Creative, out-of-the-box thinker
- Good communicator who works well in a team and across cultural barriers
- Low prestige problem solver: willing to be wrong and accept a better solution
- Productive in translating ideas to code
- Present to support colleagues – gives freely of own time
- Interested in learning, e.g. a complex application domain, new programming languages
- Willing and able to travel overseas (east Asia) 1-3 times per year
- Willing and able to collaborate with colleagues in east Asia some evenings
Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire a highly talented team
- Establish and manage project roadmap with stakeholders in TTAD and TEL Group
- Hands-on contribute to development of software modules
- Embrace and contribute to our AI-assisted coding best practices
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
Associate degree
