HPC Software Engineer

Candidate must have a Bachelor’s with 5+ years’ work experience / Master's Degree with 3+ year work experience or PhD majoring in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

• Proven experience developing and troubleshooting multidisciplinary SW/HW systems, ideally involving large software systems or semiconductor products.
• Extensive experience in C++ development, with a strong foundation in object-oriented design, system-level programming, and software architecture.
• Working knowledge of multithreading and multiprocessing concepts.
• Hands-on experience developing applications on Windows and/or Linux operating systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on debugging complex systems.
• Deep familiarity with memory management/memory optimization.
• Expertise in performance profiling, debugging, and system optimization.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines in production environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Solid grasp of object-oriented design principles and relational database design patterns.
• Thorough knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and software engineering practices across analysis, design, development, and unit testing.
• Familiarity with AI tools and technologies that accelerate development and testing.
• Ability to interact and communicate with all levels of staff and management, keeping discussions at the appropriate level of abstraction and moving cleanly from theory to implementation.
• Ability to travel to customer sites on short notices for Software troubleshooting as needed.

• Domain knowledge of semiconductor process control or wafer inspection.

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 1 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.

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