Factory Automation Engineer: Robotics & Data-Driven Ops

FormFactor, Inc.; Farmers Branch (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

FormFactor, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Factory Automation Engineer to develop, deploy, integrate, and sustain automation solutions in a high-availability semiconductor manufacturing environment at the Farmers Branch, TX facility.

You will partner with Equipment Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Facilities, EHS, IT Manufacturing Systems, vendors, and site leadership to translate operational needs into reliable automation and equipment integration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work
• Experience developing, deploying and sustaining automation solutions in a semiconductor manufacturing environment
• Ability to translate operational needs into automation requirements and specifications

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and sustain automation solutions for probe card, wafer fab, VPS, assembly, and test manufacturing operations
• Translate manufacturing and equipment needs into automation requirements and plans
• Improve manufacturability, reduce manual operations, enable traceability, and support automation roadmap
• Apply automation technologies including robotics, PLC/HMI, sensors, vision, data collection, and system integration
• Design assistive automation and machine control upgrades to improve safety, throughput, and reliability
• Automate data capture for traceability, SPC, FDC, dashboards, and maintenance planning
• Integrate equipment with MES, CMMS, SPC, FDC, APC, and data analytics platforms
• Support equipment-to-host communication (SECS/GEM, GEM300, OPC UA, REST, SQL)
• Provide production support, troubleshoot communication problems, and drive corrective actions
• Participate in startup, qualification, validation, release-to-production, change control, and handoff activities
• Collaborate with IT, cybersecurity, infrastructure, vendors, and engineering to ensure reliable and secure automation
• Create and maintain technical documentation and handoff packages

Skills

Automation scripting

Bash scripting

Change control

Cross-functional collaboration

IT problem solving

Linux environments

Manufacturing systems

Windows environment

PowerShell scripting

Python

Terraform

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

FormFactor, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Factory Automation Engineer to develop, deploy, integrate, and sustain automation solutions in a high-availability semiconductor manufacturing environment at the Farmers Branch, TX facility.

You will partner with Equipment Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Facilities, EHS, IT Manufacturing Systems, vendors, and site leadership to translate operational needs into reliable automation and equipment integration.