Equipment Automation Engineer

Equipment Automation Engineer

Experience: 2 to 15 Years

Location: Dholera, Gujarat

About The Business

Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd. is a prominent global player in the electronics manufacturing industry, with fast-emerging capabilities in Electronics Manufacturing Services, Semiconductor Assembly & Test, Semiconductor Foundry, and Design Services. Established in 2020 as a greenfield venture of the Tata Group, the company aims to serve global customers through integrated offerings across a trusted electronics and semiconductor value chain. With a rapidly growing workforce, the company currently employs over 65,000 people and has significant operations in Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, India. Tata Electronics is committed to creating a socioeconomic footprint by employing many women in its workforce and actively supporting local communities through initiatives in environment, education, healthcare, sports and livelihood.

Summary

Join Tata Electronics to integrate and scale equipment-level automation for India’s first advanced semiconductor fabrication facility. As an Equipment Automation Engineer, you will bring up tool communication, implement SEMI-standard interfaces, and enable reliable data collection and recipe control that power factory systems (MES/CIM) and process-control analytics (APC/FDC/SPC). Your work ensures high tool uptime, stable operations, and seamless integration; setting global benchmarks for equipment automation in India’s semiconductor ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate fab equipment with factory systems using SEMI standards:
• SECS/GEM, GEM300 (HSMS, equipment state models, carrier/wafer handling, alarms/events, SVIDs)
• EDA (Interface A) for high-frequency data collection (e.g., SEMI E120/E125/E134/E164)
• Build and maintain equipment drivers/adapters, event/alarm mapping, and data collection plans for MES/CIM, FDC/SPC, and YMS consumption.
• Collaborate on dispatching/wafer flow logic with MES/RTD/MCS; validate equipment responses to factory commands.
• Use simulators and vendor test tools for FAT/SAT (Factory/Site Acceptance Test) and tool bring-up; maintain automated test suites for regressions.

Operational Support

• Ensure high uptime and reliability of tool interfaces; support 24×7 operations via on-call rotation.
• Troubleshoot equipment automation issues across hardware (IO, load ports, RFID/barcode, sensors) and software (protocols, drivers, OS services, network) layers.
• Monitor data transfers and performance of EDA/SECS streams; tune collection rates, buffering, and retention.
• Maintain configuration, patching, and version control for equipment adapters and scripts; follow PCRB change control.
• Create and maintain documentation: interface specifications, event maps, OCAP hooks, validation protocols, and runbooks.
• Participate in shift handovers and daily operations meetings; provide concise status, incident reports, and action plans.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with Manufacturing, Process, Quality, Automation, and IT teams to stabilize processes and improve throughput/yield.
• Enable and enhance FDC/SPC/APC R2R by improving signal fidelity, latency, and coverage from equipment.
• Share lessons learned, drive root cause analysis (RCA), and implement durable fixes at the tool and system levels.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives that reduce cycle time, minimize excursions, and increase OEE.

Essential Skills & Attributes

• Strong programming skills in C#, C++, Java, Python, and SQL (equipment adapters, services, test automation).
• Proficiency in troubleshooting across networking (TCP/IP), OS (Windows/Linux), processes/services, logs, and equipment controllers.
• Experience with database performance tuning (Oracle, SQL Server) and message queues.
• Practical problem-solving under pressure; strong sense of ownership in operational support.
• Proactive in RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and long-term corrective actions; clear communicator across functional teams.
• Adaptability to dynamic cleanroom environments; excellent time management to handle multiple priorities.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or Mechanical Engineering.

Preferred Experience

• Semiconductor fab experience with equipment integration for front-end tools (e.g., etch, CVD/PVD, lithography, CMP, metrology/inspection).
• Hands-on experience with SECS/GEM, GEM300, HSMS, and EDA/Interface A data collection.
• Understanding of factory automation (MES/CIM, RMS, MCS) and tool operations (etch, deposition, litho, metrology, inspection).
• Exposure to FDC/SPC/APC R2R, RMS, YMS, QMS ecosystems.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools (Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes) and scripting for deployment/monitoring.