Software Application Engineer (Computational Lithography)

Location: On-site in Austin, Texas, United States, with a flexible workplace arrangement allowing remote work up to two days per week. Customer visits and business travel may be required.

Base annual salary: $131,600–$180,950.

Company

hirify.global develops and services advanced lithography machines that enable leading chipmakers to produce smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient microchips.

What you will do

• Introduce BRION PWC/PWE software and new products for customer semiconductor manufacturing environments.
• Collect customer input, review product documentation, and perform engineering evaluations to ensure requirements are met.
• Install systems, support customer escalations, fine-tune products, and optimize on-product performance.
• Integrate hirify.global products into customer-specific fabs and support node development, ramp-up, and high-volume manufacturing.
• Collaborate with Applications Engineering project leaders, Design & Engineering, Customer Support, and Marketing to deliver customer solutions and align product roadmaps.
• Lead small groups of software application engineers through projects or direct people management, including task and schedule alignment.

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics Sciences, or Physical Sciences, with 7+ years of experience for a bachelor's degree, 5+ years for a master's degree, or 3+ years for a PhD.
• Required knowledge of computational lithography and OPC software tools.
• Background in mask data preparation, physical design, lithography, and wafer processing steps.
• Previous direct customer interface experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, software debugging, programming, scripting, Linux shell, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Must be legally authorized to access controlled technology under United States export regulations before starting work.

Nice to have

• Lithography knowledge.
• Project management experience.
• Leadership or team-leading experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for employees and families.
• Participation in the company 401(k) plan.
• Eight hours of vacation leave per month and 13 paid holidays annually.
• Flexible workplace arrangement with remote work available up to two days per week.
• Inclusive workplace with equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodation support.