Associate Specialist

You will be part of digital and mainstream technology staff as well as Digital Transformation Services. You will play a vital role in crafting and delivering solutions to make our employees and customers more agile and productive. Emphasising teamwork and workflow improvements. This technical position provides an outstanding opportunity for those who are motivated to face challenges both in technical leadership and also in project management. The position will work with multi-functional teams and across multiple IT technologies to define the product requirements, plan resources, and drive the development process from design to final field deployment. In addition, this position is also responsible for working with business teams to solidify the roadmap of the projects as we continue to support the business.

Responsibilities:

• Based out of Chennai, India, the Software Engineer will be working on the current generation and next generation of eBeam-based wafer inspectors and review products. A suitable candidate will.
• Drive technical discussions, architecture decisions, and implementation strategies for customer- facing software features and platform capabilities.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, production-grade software using C# / C++/Java.
• Provide technical leadership for complex software initiatives while influencing engineering direction across teams.
• Evaluate and adopt modern software engineering practices, frameworks, development tools, and AI-assisted productivity solutions where appropriate.
• Contribute to software architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical roadmaps.

Software Development and System Engineering:

• Develop deep technical expertise in inspection system software and associated workflows.
• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, support, and continuous improvement.
• Debug and resolve complex issues across multi-process, multi-threaded, and multi-system software environments spanning Windows and Linux platforms.
• Design scalable, reliable, maintainable, and performant software systems that meet demanding product and customer requirements.
• Acquire and apply domain knowledge related to semiconductor defect inspection and inspection system workflows.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with global engineering teams across multiple geographies.
• Work effectively with systems, hardware, applications, manufacturing, service, and marketing teams throughout product development and deployment.
• Support product releases, customer escalations, field issues, and continuous product improvement efforts.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and engineering best practices.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement;

• Leverage AI productivity tools and modern engineering approaches to improve development efficiency and product quality.
• Identify opportunities for technical innovation, automation, and architecture improvements.
• Promote engineering excellence through robust design, code quality, testing, and maintainability practices.

Requirements:

• Strong ownership mindset and accountability.
• Passion for solving challenging engineering problems.
• Continuous learner with curiosity for emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Ability to energise teams and drive outcomes in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in BE / BTech / MS / MTech in Computer Science,
• Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or related disciplines.
• 10+ years of software development experience delivering complex software products.
• Strong software design, architecture, and object-oriented programming skills.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis capabilities in complex software environments.
• Solid understanding of Windows internals and NET runtime concepts.
• Thorough knowledge of software engineering principles, SDLC, and software quality practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively in global cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AI productivity and development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar technologies.
• Experience developing software for semiconductors, industrial automation, instrumentation, manufacturing, or other complex engineering domains.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions and drive execution across organisational boundaries.
• Familiarity with distributed systems or large-scale software platforms.