Checkpoint Technologies, LLC, located in San Jose, CA is the world's leader in non-destructive optical probing for semiconductor failure analysis. Our tools combine advanced laser scanning (LSM) and photon emission (PEM) techniques with state of art optical resolution. We currently have an opening for a Software Engineer. - Local / Silicon Valley / Bay Area candidates only please - This position requires proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 Responsibilities: Create high quality semiconductor Failure Analysis tools by solving control equipment problems with mastery of Software Engineering skills. Develop and test software on Microsoft Windows Environment to control the operation of automated microscope and scanning systems. This includes the motion control for translation stages and various other position encoded hardware assemblies. Your duties also involve design and implementation of software for acquiring images from framegrabber data and camera systems; software for camera control and manipulation of such images including the various image processing functions; developing a user-friendly GUI for microscope based systems. Required skills: Experience in using Visual Studio, mainly implementing the code in C# & C++ language to develop/debug Windows desktop application. Knowledge and experience of WPF and MVVM is desirable. Knowledge of real-time and multi-threading applications in PC controlled automated instruments. Preferred Experience: Basic understanding of Semiconductor devices, background in mathematics, physics, and software development experience in Microscope and Semiconductor probing tools will be a big plus. Knowledge of developing software in at least one or more of the following areas: 1. Machine/Motion control, 2. interfacing 3rd party framegrabbers and Digitizer 3. Image processing and visualization. If your background and interest match our requirements we would like to hear from you. Please email your resume to: hr@checkpointtechnologies.com. Visit our website at www.checkpointtechnologies.com to learn more about Checkpoint Technologies and our products.