Senior Equipment Automation Engineer

The Role

Are you a driven individual passionate about disruptive technologies and driving cost reduction and business growth in the Semiconductor industry? Join us as a Senior Equipment Automation Engineer at Alpha X Technology, where you'll play a pivotal role in design, development, testing and implementation of the tailored AI driven digitalization and automation solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Contribute to Equipment Automation System (EAS) Implementation:
  

  • Gathering details of client’s factory automation requirement and document

  • Generate Equipment Driver – including Equipment SECS/GEM documentation study, define related protocol Stream and Functions, conduct equipment characterization 

  • Design and finalize the equipment automation scenario, construct event flow

  • EAS Development, and Integration testing with Equipment simulation

  • Final acceptance test with Equipment guided with Test plan finalized and approved.

• Hardware architecture design, setup and configuration for EAS project implementation.
• Coordinate and interaction with both external & internal parties including IT department, users and equipment vendors.
• Troubleshoot and fix automation software and interface problems.
• With proven technical skill, product knowledge and quality awareness, you may:
  • involve in EAS core modules enhancement and development
  • Involve/conducting DEMO of EAS product to customer

• Degree in Electronics, Mechanical Engineering or any equivalent discipline.

• Min. 5 years of related working experience in semiconductor or solar industry. Proven experience in equipment integration and automation development, and Semiconductor Automation standards such as SECS/GEM protocol (e.g. E30, E37, GEM300, and SEMI PV2)
• Knowledgeable of C/C++, C#, Visual Basic, Java, CORBA, Windows MFC Application development.

• Understand factory automation technology and familiar with various semiconductor equipment types.

• Proven experience in working with cleanroom automated equipment, knowledgeable cleanroom work environment and requirements.

• Added advantage if you have:
  • Knowledgeable of relational database especially Oracle and DB2.
  • Good knowledge of Industry 4.0 and IOT.
• Good communication and documentation skills in English.
• Fluency in Mandarin essential for effective communication with Mandarin-speaking stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel as needed.