Engineer II - Computer Systems

Microchip Technology Inc.; Laguna; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Laguna, Philippines is seeking a software engineer to own the end-to-end support strategy for critical production systems and manufacturing lines.

You will enforce deployment discipline, coordinate reviews, testing, rollback plans, and change control to prevent direct production deployments. With 2+ years in software development and Agile practices, you will troubleshoot, collaborate with Process, Device, Yield and Manufacturing Engineering teams, and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/CE/EE required.
• 2+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with Agile development practices.
• Basic understanding of semiconductor manufacturing automation.
• Knowledge of system integration and API development.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end support strategy for production systems and manufacturing lines.
• Enforce deployment discipline with review, testing, rollback plans, and change control.
• Lead resolution of complex equipment and process excursions via root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Process, Device, Yield, Equipment, and Manufacturing Eng to correlate equipment performance with product quality and line output.
• Lead cross-functional response efforts for high-impact production issues affecting availability, throughput or yield.
• Mentor and develop support engineers; establish standards, troubleshooting practices, escalation paths, and readiness criteria.
• Interface with equipment vendors and IT teams on upgrades, service agreements, spare parts, escalations, and system changes.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement for monitoring, fault detection, and automated recovery.
• Track recurring issues and deployment-related incidents to improve reliability and reduce downtime.

Skills

Software development

Agile development

Troubleshooting

System integration

API development

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/CE/EE

Job description

Job Description

• Own the end-to-end support strategy for critical production systems and manufacturing lines, including Fusion and PLP/EIM.
• Establish and enforce production deployment discipline, ensuring developers do not deploy directly to production without appropriate review, testing, approval, rollback plans, and change control.
• Lead resolution of complex equipment, system, and process excursions through structured troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Process, Device, Yield, Equipment, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to correlate equipment performance with product quality, yield, and line output.
• Lead cross-functional response efforts for high-impact issues affecting production availability, throughput, cycle time, or yield.
• Mentor and develop support engineers; establish technical standards, troubleshooting practices, escalation paths, documentation expectations, and production-readiness criteria.
• Interface with equipment vendors and MIT/IT teams on upgrades, service agreements, spare parts strategy, technical escalations, and system changes.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives for monitoring, fault detection, fault classification, alerting, automated recovery, and safer deployment practices.
• Track recurring issues, deployment-related incidents, and operational metrics to improve system reliability, reduce downtime, and strengthen production support effectiveness.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or Electronics Engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience with Agile development tools and practices.
• Basic understanding of semiconductor manufacturing automation.
• Knowledge of system integration and API development.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.

Travel Time: 0% - 25%