Semiconductor Software Engineer – FAB Automation

Keysight Technologies; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Medical, dental & vision

Job summary

Keysight Technologies in Santa Rosa, CA is seeking a software engineer to join the High Frequency Technology Center team. You will learn to engineer software for wafer maps, test orchestration, data transformation, and MES extensions, working closely with engineers, operators, and technicians who use the tools you build.

Most work is in C#/.NET, ASP.NET, and SQL Server with code reviews and automated builds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or a related field, completed between May 2026 and June 2027, or a recent graduate with under 2 years of professional experience.
• Solid object-oriented programming in C#, Java or C++, shown through internships, projects, research or open-source work.
• At least one substantial program you built or significantly changed that you can walk through in detail.
• Basic SQL: joins, grouping and filtering.
• Comfortable with a debugger and with Git.
• Clear written and spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• Fix bugs and add features in software used every day across the fab: applications, shared libraries, data pipelines, and the software on our wafer test stations.
• Help build software for new areas of the fab.
• Work with the engineers, operators and technicians who use our software, and build what they need.
• Help support production: investigate errors from the floor and from Sentry, with a senior developer.
• Write tests for existing code, and learn to change production code safely.

Skills

OOP: C#, Java, C++

Clear communication

Debugger proficiency

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS/CE/SE (May 2026–Jun 2027)

Tools

SQL Server

Git

Job description

Keysight Technologies in Santa Rosa, CA is seeking a software engineer to join the High Frequency Technology Center team. You will learn to engineer software for wafer maps, test orchestration, data transformation, and MES extensions, working closely with engineers, operators, and technicians who use the tools you build.

Most work is in C#/.NET, ASP.NET, and SQL Server with code reviews and automated builds.