Director, Semiconductor Test Software & Systems

RiseMe; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

RiseMe in Lake Forest, CA is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead Hardware System Integration, Handler, Test Engineering, and Portfolio Engineering for semiconductor test platforms. You will spend substantial time coding and debugging while guiding global teams and aligning schedules with hardware and product management.

The role requires 15+ years in software and 10+ years in engineering management, with deep experience in equipment-control software, GEM/SECS, and complex

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering or related technical experience.
• 10+ years of technical engineering management experience.
• 3+ years managing a multi-tier organization, including managers or supervisors.
• Significant experience with semiconductor equipment-control software, material handling systems, factory automation, or complex hardware/software systems.
• Strong knowledge of GEM/SECS and related SEMI standards.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor test and measurement principles.
• Experience integrating software with testers, handlers, thermal systems, PLCs, firmware, drivers, and production equipment.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, messaging, telemetry, databases, and equipment-control software.

Responsibilities

• Translate engineering strategy into engineering plans, technical milestones, resource plans, and delivery schedules.
• Lead software managers, technical leads, developers, and test engineers across Thermal, System Integration, Handler, Test, and Portfolio Engineering.
• Drive execution across multiple products and customer programs and ensure teams deliver committed milestones.
• Align software development, integration, validation, and release schedules with SW Product Management and Hardware TPMs.
• Lead software integration across testers, handlers, thermal systems, device interfaces, PLCs, firmware, and equipment-control systems.
• Lead development of communication interfaces for material handling, factory automation, and factory management systems.
• Lead GEM/SECS, EAC/EAP, lot processing, alarms, availability reporting, equipment telemetry, and production data capabilities.
• Lead automated validation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, regression, endurance testing, system qualification, and production readiness.
• Improve throughput, reliability, availability, recovery, and downtime through system performance analysis.
• Drive reuse and standardization of APIs, SDKs, messaging, data models, logging, diagnostics, and common software components.
• Ensure customer requirements are implemented as scalable, configurable product capabilities.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, quality, integration readiness, and release criteria across the portfolio.
• Improve software development, testing, validation, and release processes.
• Coordinate execution with Product Management, Program Management, Business Development, Hardware, Firmware, QA, Production, Applications, and Product Support.
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted software development, testing, diagnostics, and documentation.
• Conduct architecture, design, integration, and release-readiness reviews.
• Present technical and program-readiness reviews to customers and internal leadership.
• Support customer technical discussions, system bring-up, escalations, and production deployments.
• Conduct performance reviews, set goals, mentor leaders, and support succession planning.

Skills

C#

C++

Python

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Apache Pulsar

Kafka

RabbitMQ

MQTT

Job description

RiseMe in Lake Forest, CA is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead Hardware System Integration, Handler, Test Engineering, and Portfolio Engineering for semiconductor test platforms. You will spend substantial time coding and debugging while guiding global teams and aligning schedules with hardware and product management.

The role requires 15+ years in software and 10+ years in engineering management, with deep experience in equipment-control software, GEM/SECS, and complex