Sr. Engineer Fab Systems Setup - Malta, New York, United States of America, United States
$69,000 - $120,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves creating and maintaining process flows in the factory systems at GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in Malta, NY.
What you'll do
- Perform as a lead engineer in the configuration team to drive setup requirements and implementation.
- Contribute to establishing a strong, effective modeling and setup team.
- Establish and deploy global factory systems configuration business processes and functions.
- Design and drive the use of common nomenclature, standardization, documentation, and change management.
- Build relationships with internal partners including Operations, Factory Information Control Systems, Process Integration, and Supply Chain organizations.
- Support Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) with Operations and Process Integration and with other Manufacturing Services organizations.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, manufacturing, or other relevant field and/or equivalent training and experience.
- 2 years of experiences in setup of factory data using multiple configuration and execution systems.
- Technical background and experience with semiconductor factory systems applications including front-end wafer MES (SiView, FactoryWorks, Fab300, PROMIS, or WorkStream), Recipe Management systems, Statistical Process Control systems, and Business Process Management systems.
- Experiences in continuous improvement methodologies, such as Lean Manufacturing.
- Accomplished analytical and trouble-shooting skills in factory systems.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively and communicate with all levels of an organization.
- Ability to work effectively in a global work environment.
Nice to have
- Experience in a 300 mm wafer fab with a high degree of factory automation.
- Experience with the IBM SiView MES.
Skills: factory systems, MES, SiView, FactoryWorks, Recipe Management, SPC systems
This role has been open 21 days — well below the 48-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
182
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$143k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (182 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 182 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 40 | 6119 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 21 d | 48 d (−27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $143k |
Skills observed across this category: factory systems, MES, SiView, FactoryWorks, Recipe Management, SPC systems
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 36 open roles · median 61 d
- Applied Materials · 31 open roles · median 24 d
- ASM International · 14 open roles · median 66 d
- Lam Research · 14 open roles · median 44 d
- Keysight Technologies · 10 open roles · median 74 d
- Teradyne · 10 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 182 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 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.