Software Development Engineer - Factory Automation

Change the world. Love your job.

TI's MFAB factory in South Portland, Maine, is a cuttingedge, fully automated semiconductor fab. The IT Manufacturing Solutions team builds the software that makes the factory run realtime control, data integration, analytics, and AIdriven decision support. We are looking for a passionate Software Development Engineer who can turn complex manufacturing challenges into elegant, reliable code.

What You'll Do

• Design & develop endtoend software solutions that automate, monitor, and optimize production equipment and workflows in this modern fab environment.
• Collaborate with site engineers, manufacturing teams, and data scientists to understand domainspecific requirements and translate them into robust applications.
• Write clean, testable code in modern languages (C#, .NET Core, Python) and leverage a SQL Server backend for highspeed data handling.
• Build, containerize, and orchestrate services using Docker and Kubernetes to support scalable, faulttolerant deployments.
• Automate build, test, and release pipelines with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Debug and troubleshoot production issues quickly, applying rootcause analysis and delivering timely fixes to keep the fab running at peak efficiency.
• Champion best practices in code quality, security, documentation, and continuous improvement across the team.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field of study
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Development environment experience developing in languages like C#/.NET, Python and SQL
• Domain knowledge - prior work in semiconductor manufacturing, fab automation, or industrial control systems a plus.
• Leadership & communication - proven ability to build influential relationships across engineering, manufacturing, and operations; strong written and verbal communication.
• Customercentric mindset - track record of delivering highquality service and taking ownership of issue resolution.
• Independent or Small Teams - Ability to work both independently managing project milestones or on small teams with a project lead
• AI/ML exposure - familiarity with enterprise AI workflows (e.g., RetrievalAugmented Generation, model serving, knowledgegraph integration) and tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or Azure AI.
• Modern development practices - handson experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
• Sense of urgency/speed - to keep pace with the demands of the semiconductor manufacturing factory environment.