Senior SW Application Development Engineer – Beam Tuning and Controls

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Beverly, MAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 3 Days Agojob requisition :
11760
** JOB DESCRIPTION
** Want to discover just how far your intellectual curiosity can take you? You’re in the right place. For more than four decades, Axcelis Technologies has been at the forefront of innovation in semiconductor manufacturing technology. Chip makers around the globe rely on our tools and process expertise to deliver the semiconductors that power modern life from smartphones and computers to cameras and cars.

We have become a technology leader by providing the innovation necessary for business to thrive, quality of life to advance, and the environment to flourish—enabling a truly sustainable future.

Our influence is global, with more than 30 offices worldwide, an installed base of thousands worldwide and a customer list that includes the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers. Our team is expanding, and we are currently hiring Senior SW Engineers for our Beverly MA  this role the SW engineer will develop software specifically for Ion Beam generation, including the monitoring and control of beam uniformity and beam angles, to produce high quality beams that meet customers process constraints in minimum amount of time.
** Responsibilities:
*** Develop production quality real-time machine control SW applications primarily in C/C++
* Develop major and minor enhancements as well as bug fixes
* Work closely with Product Team including software & hardware engineers, process engineers, scientists and marketing to develop requirements and design definition for software features
* 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
* This role could include travel to customer sites both foreign and domestic locations,
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* Basic Qualifications:

*** 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 implementation and application of signal processing methods such as peak detection, noise filtering, and linear/non-linear control loop compensation for response optimization
* 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.
** Experience with the following, a plus:
*** Systems experience in Ion beam generation and control
* Systems experience in Plasma physics
* RF and microwave generators
* MKS Macro node (or other) Modbus controllers
* Ethernet TCP/IP and RS-232 communication interfaces
** Education
* ** Minimum BS in a related Engineering or physics degree with experience in software development for electro-mechanical systems. MS or PhD in this area is desirable.
** Experience
* ** Minimum 8-10 years' experience in developing, documenting, and testing of software for Semiconductor Manufacturing…