Firmware Engineer II

Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities:

• Participates in all phases of engineering projects, including design, testing, system integration, support, and documentation of electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing industry.

• Participates in project reviews and design reviews as a member of the EE team.

• Designs, updates, and debugs firmware for the Cohu systems.

• Supports production activities including analysis, problem-solving, implementing product improvements, and documenting changes.

• Supports, tests, and debugs existing Cohu products.

• Develops and debugs Python test scripts.

• Supports manufacturing floor as required.

Supervisory Responsibility: May provide limited work leadership and training to lower-level technical employees.

Qualifications:

• Education/Training: B.S. Computer Engineering or a closely related field from an accredited four-year college or university.

• Experience: This position requires a minimum of four years of related experience.

• Basic Skills/Technical Requirements:

• Knowledge of good engineering practices and the ability to follow existing guidelines and processes.

• Ability to independently write an easy-to-read structural code on C without a lot of support.

• Ability to work cooperatively with other developers, firmware, hardware engineers, and testers in the development of the system.

• Ability to self-study and perform the development with minimal support.

• Experience with microcontroller, microprocessor architectures, and peripherals (PWM, DAC, ADC, TCP-IP, SPI, EtherCAT is a valuable plus).

• Ability to develop and propose firmware architectures, considering CPU speed, Data flow on the multiple interfaces (TCP-IPs) and DMA loads.

• Ability to evaluate CPU performance.

• Ability to debug programs.

• Knowledge of RTOS principles, experience writing under RTOS

• Knowledge of PYTHON languages is a plus.

• Analysis and problem-solving skills. Good written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently on projects and interface with other team members. Design for manufacturability and serviceability.

• Desired Technical Skills: Experience in developing/executing of testing and validation processes is a plus.

• Experience in developing products for the semiconductor manufacturing industry is a plus.

Job Conditions/Physical Demands: Some domestic or international travel may be required. Prolonged sitting at a computer terminal.

Protective Devices Required: In required areas.