Senior Staff Controls Automation Engineer

About the Company

Level: Senior Staff Engineer (Senior Individual Contributor role; no direct reports)

The HGA Process Development team owns early-stage process invention, feasibility, and KPIV understanding to enable future product requirements. The team builds deep, physics-based process knowledge, focusing on identifying critical KPIVs, defining their relationships to KPOVs, and delivering validated, tool-ready concepts. Working closely with HGA/TGA design and product teams, the group ensures alignment to next-generation architectures while influencing process capability and design tradeoffs. Development is engineering-driven with focus on process physics, materials behavior, and reliability, supported by analytical tools such as modeling and FEA.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop control systems for advanced HGA process equipment, translating process requirements into precise, repeatable, and scalable system behavior
• Define and implement motion control, vision alignment, and automation strategies for high-precision assembly, dispensing, interconnect formation, and inspection
• Partner with tool design engineers and process architects to ensure critical KPIVs are measured, controlled, and maintained through system design
• Develop and integrate closed-loop control systems with feedback from sensors, vision systems, and metrology to ensure process stability and consistency
• Establish alignment, positioning, and calibration strategies to meet tight tolerances for next-generation HGA designs
• Drive automation architecture development, including sequencing, machine control logic, and system integration across mechanical, electrical, and software components
• Collaborate with software, vision, and metrology engineers to integrate data acquisition, process monitoring, and control algorithms into tool platforms
• Support rapid prototyping and iteration of control systems on bench and prototype tools to accelerate process learning and concept validation
• Work with internal development teams and external suppliers to implement controls solutions for first-of-kind equipment
• Collaborate with global engineering teams, including U.S.-based partners, requiring flexibility to support cross-time-zone engagement and periodic evening meetings
• Deliver robust and scalable control solutions enabling downstream teams to replicate, optimize, and deploy process capability

Qualifications

• Background in controls engineering, automation, mechatronics, or related field with experience in precision equipment or manufacturing systems
• Experience in motion control, vision systems, or automation development; exposure to PLCs, embedded systems, or machine control platforms is a plus
• Familiarity with system integration across mechanical, electrical, and software domains
• Understanding of process requirements such as precision, repeatability, and process control with ability to translate into control strategies
• Experience with data acquisition, signal processing, or feedback control concepts is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to debug complex system interactions and drive root cause understanding
• Good communication skills in English (written and spoken) for effective cross-functional and global collaboration
• Demonstrated teamwork and initiative with ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative development environment

Benefits

• Teparuk site amenities: 24/7 on-site canteen and coffee shop, on-site gymnasium and fitness center, running track, sports (volleyball, basketball, table tennis, badminton, football), music/dance/aerobic classes, lush green areas
• Employee resource groups and on-site festivals, celebrations, and community engagement opportunities

Additional Information

• Location: Teparuk, Thailand
• Onsite role; collaboration with global teams including U.S.-based partners