Eng Sw Dev Snr

Axcelis Technologies develops innovative capital equipment for the semiconductor industry, and in particular, for the Ion Implantation step in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. Our Ion Implanter software ranges from low level device control of robotics and other physical components through generic framework middleware, infrastructure and data management to either an end user GUI or the integration of the equipment into the customer's host systems via the SEMI standards.
This complex, distributed software is written in C/C++/C#/HTML and uses MS Windows and VxWorks operating systems.

This role is for a creative, self-motivated software engineer to develop instrumentation and machine control software for Axcelis implanters including the areas of Facilities monitoring and interlocking, Gas Controls, Vacuum Control, and Ion Beam Generation and tuning.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop software solutions in C programming language
- Follow defined process for SW development cycle including project scoping, requirements generation, design, review, implementation and unit/integration testing
- Interface with and internal/external customers for requirement generation
- Interface with Product Teams, mechanical, electrical, system and other software engineers for requirements
- Work closely with Product Team including software & hardware engineers, process engineers scientists and marketing to develop requirements and design definition for software features
- Provide SW Support for internal R&D prototype development and test
- Work with Product Support to investigate and resolve field reported issues on released products
- Work with Software Quality Group to test on both Implanter Hardware and on Product simulator
- Develop major and minor enhancements as well as bug fixes for new product development
- Work closely with other software engineers on design collaboration to meet requirements of new features while ensuring the maintainability of the software code.
- Work both individually and as a member of cross functional teams

**Requirements**:

- Experience developing controls for complex electro-mechanical hardware components with distributed IO systems, multi-tiered /multi-platform control architecture required, and the ability understand the hardware and physical system being controlled.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills
- Experience developing real-time multi-tasked control using a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) such as WindRiver VxWorks OS
- Experience in area of real-time machine control and instrumentation device interfaces (sensors, actuators, motors, encoders, IO systems) required.
- Solid experience with high-speed real-time data acquisition, manipulation and transfer.
- Solid mathematical skills and basic understanding of control theory as applied to motion and other physical systems.
- Practical experience implementing single and multivariate closed loop control for various types of physical systems.
- Experience with embedded systems development required.
- Understanding of implications of HW/SW partitioning as related to system performance and reliability required.
- A team-player attitude and strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.
- Ability to work in Clean Room environment.
- Operating Systems: VxWorks, MS Windows XP/7
- SW languages: C/C++, use of Python and Matlab a plus
- IDEs: WindRiver Workbench, MS Visual Studio
- Software Configuration Management tools: Rational Team Concert
- Code Analysis: Coverity

**Education**
- Minimum BS CS or related Engineering degree with experience in software development for electro-mechanical systems. MS or PhD in area of real-time system development desirable

**Experience
- Minimum 8-10 years' experience in developing, documenting, and testing of software for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment or similar complex electro-mechanical equipment.

**Experience with the following, a plus**:

- Systems experience in Ion beam generation and control.
- Systems experience in Plasma physics.
- Vacuum system hardware and control; pumps, gauges, valves
- RF and microwave generators
- MKS Macro node (or other) Modbus controllers
- Ethernet TCP/IP and RS-232 communication interfaces
- Systems experience in Ion beam generation and control.
- Systems experience in Plasma physics.

**EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT