Job Description

About the Role

Join a collaborative team driving automation at the heart of Industry 4.0. You'll build systems that modernise fab operations, improving efficiency and decision-making for both machines and people. This is a rare chance to shape digital transformation from the ground up while growing in a culture of teamwork, innovation, and impact. As automation scales, the demand for data will increase continuously laying the foundations for agentic AI.

Key Responsibilities

? This is a unique opportunity to build automation solutions from the ground up, driving digital transformation and modernising factory operations


? Define and shape the automation roadmap laying the foundation for advanced automation in a facility that is actively transitioning from legacy/manual operations


? Design, develop, and maintain automation software solutions for semiconductor equipment with a focus on SECS/GEM protocols (SEMI E4/E5/E30/E37/E39/E87/E90/E94 standards)


? Architect and implement scalable, flexible automation systems to support a fab transitioning from minimal automation toward a highly integrated environment


? Integrate factory equipment with MES, and factory control systems including support of Fault Detection and Classification (FDC)


? Troubleshoot and resolve equipment communication and automation issues


? Analyse logs and system behaviours to identify and eliminate integration bottlenecks


? Enhance system performance, reliability, and usability for fab operations


? Develop and maintain technical documentation, specifications, and user training materials

Experience & Attributes

? Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Automation, or related discipline


? 5+ years of experience in semiconductor automation engineering, software development, or equipment integration


? Visionary mindset with the ability to design automation from the ground up


? Strong working knowledge of SECS/GEM standards


? Proficiency in programming languages such as C#


? Experience with databases (SQL/Oracle) and MES integration


? Strong problem-solving and debugging skills


? Excellent communication skills across cross-functional and multicultural teams

Advantage

? Hands-on experience designing automation systems in brownfield/legacy fabs


? Understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes


? Experience of Critical Manufacturing MES, Promis, OpCenter or CAMSTAR


? Experience of SAP Enterprise and Resource Planning (ERP) and MES integration


? Experience in modern software practices (version control, DevOps, containerisation)


? Experience with Python programming


Plessey is working with world leaders in consumer technology, who are paving the way with innovative next-generation Augmented Reality and wearable applications, based on advanced microLED display solutions.


Challenging existing display technologies, microLEDs are propelling forward a vast, yet stagnated market, changing the way we interact with our devices, both for information and entertainment.


Drawing on over a decade of semiconductor and optoelectronics expertise, Plessey has developed an award-winning, unique, and proprietary GaN-on-Silicon platform and monolithic process at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.