Engineer II-IS; Equipment Automation

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Microchip has an opportunity for an Engineer II-Information Systems (Equipment Automation) in the Manufacturing Integration Team at our semiconductor fabrication facilities. The Engineer I will work with automation technologies, AI-assisted tools, and modern development practices.

• Setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting host communications for semiconductor equipment.
• End to end troubleshooting of semiconductor equipment host communications.
• Independently coordinate and implement robust solutions that go beyond regular equipment resets.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools and LLM-based code assistants for coding and troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain Python scripts for equipment monitoring, data collection, and automation.
• Collaborate with network engineers to ensure network best practices are utilized.
• Use company tracking systems to log requests, issues, and projects.
• Work with both a technical and non-technical user community.
• Interact professionally with colleagues, leads, supervisors, managers, internal customers, and other departments.
• Participate in the training and onboarding of new employees.

• BS Degree:
  Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• 2.5-5 years of experience troubleshooting equipment automation issues.
• Comfortable with C, C++, C#, Python, Visual basic.
• Comfortable with both Windows and Linux operating system environments.
• Basic knowledge of communications hardware (RS232 versus Ethernet).
• Basic SQL query skills.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and LLM-based code assistants.
• Understanding of basic AI/ML concepts (supervised learning, classification, regression).
• Ability to translate archaic text-based communications with little to no documentation.
• Experience with version control systems.
• Self-driven with strong time management and project management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible and responsive regarding changes to process and work assignments.

• Familiarity with frontend semiconductor manufacturing.
• Knowledge of fab equipment communication protocols (SECS/GEM).
• Experience troubleshooting issues within a corporate network environment.
• Experience working with…