Senior Systems Software Engineer
About The Position
The Senior Systems Software Engineer – Industrial CT Automation at ZEISS Industrial Quality Services (IQS) is a key individual contributor responsible for designing and implementing systems software that connects third-party automation systems to the ZEISS Inspect evaluation platform. The role focuses on building robust, scalable back-end services (primarily gRPC), ensuring reliability, and developing test/DevOps pipelines for production-grade deployments in semiconductor advanced packaging. The engineer collaborates with internal teams across automation, controls, metrology, and machine learning to translate requirements into production-ready solutions, improve fault tolerance and observability, and support global deployments in customer fabs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in back-end or systems software roles.
- Strong coding proficiency in C++ and C# with working proficiency in Python.
- Demonstrated experience building server architectures and networked services (ideally gRPC or similar RPC frameworks).
- Hands-on experience with DevOps and testing pipelines (e.g., Git-based CI, automated builds/tests, artifact management, deployments).
- Solid software engineering fundamentals: version control, code reviews, debugging/profiling, and writing maintainable, testable code.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with industrial/automation systems: robots, motion controllers, PLCs, machine controllers, or factory MES.
- Experience with Windows and Linux service development, containerization (e.g., Docker), and orchestration environments.
- Knowledge of observability practices (metrics/logging/tracing) and performance tuning for high-throughput systems.
- Familiarity with data exchange/serialization (Protocol Buffers) and secure service communication / RBAC concepts.
- Experience with imaging/vision, CT, metrology, or semiconductor manufacturing environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement back-end services and interfaces (primarily gRPC) that integrate third-party automation systems with ZEISS Inspect for CT-based advanced packaging inspection.
- Own service-level concerns including performance, reliability, observability, fault tolerance, and secure deployment of production services.
- Develop and maintain automated test pipelines (unit, integration, hardware-/system-in-the-loop) and contribute to CI/CD workflows (builds, artifacts, deployments).
- Collaborate closely with automation, controls, metrology, and machine learning teams across IQS and SMT to refine requirements and deliver production-ready integrations.
- Implement and tune data exchange/serialization mechanisms (e.g., Protocol Buffers) and support secure, role-appropriate service communication.
- Instrument services for metrics, logging, and tracing to support robust monitoring and rapid issue diagnosis.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and continuous improvement of engineering practices, coding standards, and architecture patterns.
- Produce clear technical documentation and operational runbooks for deployment, support, and handover to operations and field organizations.
- Support investigation and resolution of escalated production issues related to CT automation software components.
Benefits
- medical plans
- retirement savings plan
- paid time off
- performance bonus
- sales commissions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
