Manufacturing Automation Engineer II

• Location 566 Exchange Court,Livermore, CA, 94550,United States
• Base Pay $95,000.00 - $ / Year
• Job Category NH
• Employee Type Full Time

Together we are a world‑class diversified manufacturer with a commitment from our team to proudly provide pure precision solutions to our customers, delivering superior quality, value, and service.

Ferrotec (USA) Corporation is a technology company with a worldwide presence in various end products, manufacturing systems, and industries serving primarily the semiconductor industry. We provide our customers with advanced materials, components, systems, and manufacturing solutions. Please visit  for a list of office locations.

Automation Engineer II has the responsibility and skills to specify, develop, modify, test, troubleshoot, document, and deploy new or existing control system and related software for Ferrotec products, internal scientific research, and to support other goals. Assigned projects will have time frames ranging from short tasks of a few hours to development efforts on the order of months. In addition, this role continuously assists customers with automation equipment and software issues, most‑often remotely, and generally with limited or incomplete information.

Collaboration with other team members will be frequent, but professional experience enables Automation Engineer II to be productive with greater independence. Achievement of objectives must include an overriding commitment to quality that must permeate the areas of responsibility. Enable and Drive Change in the Organization.

• Specify, develop, modify, test, troubleshoot, document, and deploy new or existing control system(s) and related software for Ferrotec products, internal scientific research, and other company objectives.
• Startup, troubleshoot, and repair existing, new, or upgraded control systems, including soft logic, human/machine interface, wiring, and hard logic.
• Perform engineering development activities in a manner consistent with established conventions, producing work products compliant with departmental standards and expectations.
• Seek opportunities to add value to products or reduce recurring costs by advancing designs with new technology, improved processes, and procedures, or by other means in a cost‑justified manner.
• Communicate changes and document requirements, define scope and objectives for the generation of documentation, procedures, logs, and instructions, both for internal and external consumption.
• Compile key project‑relevant information from vendor documentation and recommend course of action.
• Create software specifications for larger changes and projects.
• Ability to identify problems and root causes, then quickly resolve.
• Perform other related duties as may be reasonably assigned in the course of business.

Not a comprehensive list of duties. Duties may change without notice at management’s sole discretion.

• An engineering degree with an emphasis in embedded control, automation, and computer programming, or 2 to 4 years relevant work history.
• Programming languages:
  Twin Cat, Emerson/Ladder logic, structured text—PLC programming Aveva Intouch (Ideal), Ignition, or Factory Talk.
• Teamwork and communication with all customers, external and internal.

• A good knowledge of Semiconductor system operation – Pumping (basic vacuum principle), Pressure Control, Process (EVAP or PVD), venting, RGA, Ion Source, RF Diode.
• Systems Thinking Holistic View:
  The ability to see the big picture and understand how different parts of the system interact.
• Understanding how automation in one area might affect other parts of the system.
• Recognizing feedback mechanisms within a system; ensuring proper response to failures and alarms.
• Reliability and redundancy: designing automation that ensures reliability and fault tolerance, enabling recovery from failures or errors without impacting the overall process.
• Programming languages: C# for low‑level programming, XML—configuration, XAML—screen control, Robotics integration.
• Ability to estimate hours to complete a task.
• Suggestions for retrofits or replacing obsolete…