Factory Automation - Software Development and Sales Support Engineer

Advantest • Chandler, AZ

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves developing SECS/GEM Factory Automation solutions and leading customer engagement with a cross-functional team throughout the solutions life cycle, including requirements discovery, solution design, code development, on-site integration, and support. The position also plays a key role in the sales process, involving technical pre-sales, demos, value positioning, implementation, and installation. Advanced responsibilities include uncovering customer challenges and goals related to automation, yield improvement, power consumption reduction, and time-to-market acceleration. The engineer will translate Advantest's technical capabilities into customer business outcomes and collaborate with R&D, Services Sales, and local account teams.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop SECS/GEM Factory Automation solutions.
• Lead 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.
• Lead customer engagement with a cross-functional team during various phases of the sales process: Technical pre-sales, demos, value positioning, implementation, and installation.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level