Staff Software Engineer, Real-Time Systems & Robotics

Onto Innovation Inc.

Wilmington (MA)

On-site

USD 115,200 - 172,800

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Life & disability insurance

PTO

401(k) with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Job summary

Onto Innovation is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect and develop software for reliable wafer handling, robotics coordination, safety interlocks, motion control, system orchestration, and factory automation interfaces for a standardized EFEM platform.

The ideal candidate has strong real-time software design experience, expertise in .NET/C#, and proven HW/SW integration across complex electromechanical systems. Travel domestically ~10% and international travel as needed.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of software development experience for highly technical applications.
Experience leading architecture/design of large-scale, mission-critical software systems.
Strong knowledge of hardware-software integration and complex systems.
Deep expertise in .NET including runtime behavior, performance, threading, and memory management.
Strong C# proficiency using modern features.
Experience designing/maintaining APIs and integration points (internal IPC via gRPC; external interfaces).
Mastery of concurrency design and debugging multi-threaded environments.

Responsibilities

Act as lead software engineer on new projects, determining requirements and a robust design, and collaborating with hardware engineers to ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
Develop software modules for wafer-handling robotics, load ports, sensors, pre-aligners, and system-level orchestration.
Design extensible APIs, control interfaces, and internal communication frameworks.
Optimize software performance and ensure scalability.
Provide mentoring and guidance to more junior team members.
Develop automated tests, simulation tools, and validation frameworks for EFEM software.
Perform system-level troubleshooting, data analysis, and optimization of EFEM software performance.
Identify and drive process, architecture, and code quality improvements across the EFEM software stack and across multiple teams/modules.