Software Integration Engineer - Austin, United States
Originally posted 8 September 2026 by the employer — open 8 days.
About the role
This role ensures the end-to-end functionality of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, integrating firmware, control software, electronics, and actuators. You will work to move systems from prototype to a qualified tool running in production.
What you'll do
- Serve as the technical owner and software point of contact for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
- Lead bring-up, debug, and engineering test of new hardware.
- Write and modify control software and firmware (C, Rust, Python) to integrate subsystems.
- Translate hardware changes (electronics, actuators, sensors) into software requirements.
- Use data analysis and statistical modeling to triage problems and identify root causes.
- Own integration schedules, and track milestones and dependencies.
What you'll need
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of experience developing software for systems that control physical hardware.
- Proficiency in C, Python, and Rust.
- Working knowledge of electronic hardware including reading schematics, using scopes and logic analyzers, and debugging at the board level.
- Experience with electromechanical actuators (motors, valves, heaters, sensors).
- Demonstrated ability to root-cause problems across software and hardware boundaries.
Nice to have
- Background in semiconductor equipment, robotics, industrial automation, or scientific instrumentation.
- Familiarity with vacuum systems, mass flow controllers, temperature control, or precision motion.
- Familiarity with optics, lenses, camera calibration, and computer vision.
- Experience with RTOS-based firmware and real-time control loops.
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure or automated test frameworks.
- Familiarity with FMEA, requirements management, or other systems engineering practices.
- Experience taking a hardware product from prototype through production ramp.
- Program or project management experience on hardware programs.
Skills: software integration, control software, firmware, physical hardware, semiconductor manufacturing equipment
This role has been open 8 days — well below the 41-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
168
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Median days open
41 d
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Median salary
$149k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Atomic Semi | All employers we track in this specialty (168 roles · 36 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 168 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 18 | 5791 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 13 d | 41 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $149k |
Skills observed across this category: software integration, control software, firmware, physical hardware, semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 31 open roles · median 51 d
- Applied Materials · 26 open roles · median 37 d
- Lam Research · 14 open roles · median 53 d
- ASM International · 13 open roles · median 70 d
- Keysight Technologies · 10 open roles · median 44 d
- Onto Innovation · 10 open roles · median 56 d
How we counted: 168 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 36 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.