Principal Technical Manufacturing Architect
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to extract content from posting. Let's parse the posting: - Title: "Forming Our Future together FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider ..." Actually the job description begins after "Shift The regular hours for this position are day shift." So we have: - About the role: maybe the introductory paragraph about FormFactor and values. Could be considered "About the role". We'll include. - Responsibilities: "Key Responsibilities" list. - Requirements/Qualifications: "Preferred Qualifications" and also "Education & Experience". Also "Skills" list. - Benefits: "We offer a full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, a 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), and paid time off. You’ll also be eligible for quarterly profit-sharing bonuses and flexible spending or savings accounts." - Pay: "Required Pay Range $155,900.00 - $204,645.00" and explanation. - Schedule: "Shift The regular hours for this position are day shift." We also have remote eligibility list but that's boilerplate? It's not benefits/pay/schedule; it's location restriction. According to rules, we should remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The remote eligibility list might be considered location restriction; not explicitly listed as boilerplate but could be considered location info. However we are not required to include a section for location. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." The remote list could be considered minor metadata; we could fold into a short
maybe under About the role or separate? But we should not create a heading for it unless we have a section like "Location" which is not in allowed headings. So we should drop it or incorporate into a paragraph. We must not repeat the job title as a heading. The title is not given explicitly; we can ignore. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text.
Thus we will create sections:
- About the role (intro paragraph about FormFactor, values, shift maybe? Actually shift is separate.)
- Responsibilities (list from Key Responsibilities)
- Qualifications (maybe combine Preferred Qualifications and Education & Experience and Skills? But we have separate headings allowed: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide.
We have "Preferred Qualifications" list (bullet-like sentences). Also "Education & Experience" paragraph. Also "Skills" list (Digital Twin, ETL, etc). We could map:
- Requirements: maybe the Education & Experience (minimum years etc). Or we could treat "Preferred Qualifications" as Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe the Education & Experience.
- Skills: the Skills list.
But we must not create thin sections; prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. However we have distinct content that fits each heading. We could combine Qualifications and Skills into one section? But the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. It didn't forbid combining, but we should follow typical structure: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also About the role.
We need to avoid duplication: The Preferred Qualifications list includes many items that are also skills; but we should keep them as is.
Let's extract each piece precisely.
First, introductory paragraph before "Shift". The text:
"Forming Our Future together FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle — from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Rooted in our core values — Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People — we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter."
That's the About the role content.
Then "Shift The regular hours for this position are day shift." That's schedule.
Then "Job Description We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Manufacturing Applications Architect for INFICON FPS (Factory Productivity Suite) and Smart factory Solutions who will be responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing digital manufacturing systems centered around INFICON’s Factory Digital Twin technology. This role will lead architectural design for highly scalable, data‑driven smart factory ecosystems used within semiconductor manufacturing environments. The ideal candidate collaborates closely with Operations, Engineering, IT, and MES stakeholders to deliver end‑to‑end architectures that leverage real‑time data, advanced analytics, and optimization engines that enable industry‑leading cycle‑time reduction, throughput improvements, and predictive operational insights."
That could be part of About the role or Responsibilities? It's more like a summary of the role. Could be included in About the role as well. But we already have About the role; we could add this as part of About the role. However the instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can have About the role containing the company overview and role summary. Then Responsibilities separate.
Thus we will put About the role: combine the introductory paragraph and the Job Description paragraph (the one starting "We are seeking...").
Now Responsibilities: list from "Key Responsibilities". Let's extract each bullet:
- Serve as the technical architect and subject‑matter expert for INFICON FPS Digital Twin for developing a Smart factory to visualize and simulate the real-time factory conditions.
- Drive ETL architecture and execution from MES (PROMIS) and equipment management systems (like XSite) and manufacturing databases into the FPS Data Warehouse, ensuring data accuracy, availability, and performance.
- Support application upgrades, system performance tuning and resolve complex issues.
- Provide hands‑on expertise in implementing configuring and supporting the PROMIS Manufacturing Execution System MES within a semiconductor fabrication facility.
- Act as a trusted technical partner to IT stakeholders, Manufacturing Operations Managers, Engineers, and Equipment Engineers.
- Drive automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across manufacturing systems and reporting platforms.
We need to preserve all detail; keep punctuation.
Now Requirements: maybe we can treat "Preferred Qualifications" as Requirements. Let's extract each bullet:
- 10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing systems, factory automations, with senior architect and technical responsibility.
- Proven hands‑on experience with INFICON FPS Digital Twin, factory scheduling systems, and manufacturing reporting platforms.
- Strong expertise in ETL and data integration from MES, XSite and other manufacturing databases into data warehouses.
- Deep expertise in PROMIS MES implementation, including flows, steps, branching, routing logic, and configuration of system parameters, workflows, and user interfaces.
- Experience supporting equipment maintenance management systems.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex system issues in high‑availability fab environments.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in database management and SQL
- Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, production‑critical environment with shifting priorities.
- Highly motivated, self‑driven, and solution‑oriented mindset.
- Commitment to continuous improvement, automation, and knowledge sharing across teams.
Note: Some lines missing period at end; we keep as is.
Now Qualifications: Education & Experience paragraph:
"Minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience"
We could also include that as Qualifications.
Now Skills: list:
"Digital Twin, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Manufacturing Systems Development, MES Integration, PROMIS, Smart Factory"
We need to keep as list.
Now Benefits: paragraph:
"We offer a full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, a 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), and paid time off. You’ll also be eligible for quarterly profit-sharing bonuses and flexible spending or savings accounts."
Now Pay: paragraph:
"Required Pay Range $155,900.00 - $204,645.00 Pay Range Explained This role in Seattle, Washington pays between $155,900.00 and $204,645.00 per year, depending on your experience, skills, and background. Pay may vary in other locations."
We need to keep all that.
Now Schedule: "Shift The regular hours for this position are day shift."
We should output as
maybe.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate: EEO statement, remote eligibility list, etc. Remove them.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
Forming Our Future together FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle — from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Rooted in our core values — Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People — we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Manufacturing Applications Architect for INFICON FPS (Factory Productivity Suite) and Smart factory Solutions who will be responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing digital manufacturing systems centered around INFICON’s Factory Digital Twin technology. This role will lead architectural design for highly scalable, data‑driven smart factory ecosystems used within semiconductor manufacturing environments. The ideal candidate collaborates closely with Operations, Engineering, IT, and MES stakeholders to deliver end‑to‑end architectures that leverage real‑time data, advanced analytics, and optimization engines that enable industry‑leading cycle‑time reduction, throughput improvements, and predictive operational insights.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical architect and subject‑matter expert for INFICON FPS Digital Twin for developing a Smart factory to visualize and simulate the real-time factory conditions.
- Drive ETL architecture and execution from MES (PROMIS) and equipment management systems (like XSite) and manufacturing databases into the FPS Data Warehouse, ensuring data accuracy, availability, and performance.
- Support application upgrades, system performance tuning and resolve complex issues.
- Provide hands‑on expertise in implementing configuring and supporting the PROMIS Manufacturing Execution System MES within a semiconductor fabrication facility.
- Act as a trusted technical partner to IT stakeholders, Manufacturing Operations Managers, Engineers, and Equipment Engineers.
- Drive automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across manufacturing systems
for prose. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Thus we will create sections: - About the role (intro paragraph about FormFactor, values, shift maybe? Actually shift is separate.) - Responsibilities (list from Key Responsibilities) - Qualifications (maybe combine Preferred Qualifications and Education & Experience and Skills? But we have separate headings allowed: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide. We have "Preferred Qualifications" list (bullet-like sentences). Also "Education & Experience" paragraph. Also "Skills" list (Digital Twin, ETL, etc). We could map: - Requirements: maybe the Education & Experience (minimum years etc). Or we could treat "Preferred Qualifications" as Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe the Education & Experience. - Skills: the Skills list. But we must not create thin sections; prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. However we have distinct content that fits each heading. We could combine Qualifications and Skills into one section? But the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. It didn't forbid combining, but we should follow typical structure: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also About the role. We need to avoid duplication: The Preferred Qualifications list includes many items that are also skills; but we should keep them as is. Let's extract each piece precisely. First, introductory paragraph before "Shift". The text: "Forming Our Future together FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle — from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Rooted in our core values — Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People — we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter." That's the About the role content. Then "Shift The regular hours for this position are day shift." That's schedule. Then "Job Description We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Manufacturing Applications Architect for INFICON FPS (Factory Productivity Suite) and Smart factory Solutions who will be responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing digital manufacturing systems centered around INFICON’s Factory Digital Twin technology. This role will lead architectural design for highly scalable, data‑driven smart factory ecosystems used within semiconductor manufacturing environments. The ideal candidate collaborates closely with Operations, Engineering, IT, and MES stakeholders to deliver end‑to‑end architectures that leverage real‑time data, advanced analytics, and optimization engines that enable industry‑leading cycle‑time reduction, throughput improvements, and predictive operational insights." That could be part of About the role or Responsibilities? It's more like a summary of the role. Could be included in About the role as well. But we already have About the role; we could add this as part of About the role. However the instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can have About the role containing the company overview and role summary. Then Responsibilities separate. Thus we will put About the role: combine the introductory paragraph and the Job Description paragraph (the one starting "We are seeking..."). Now Responsibilities: list from "Key Responsibilities". Let's extract each bullet: - Serve as the technical architect and subject‑matter expert for INFICON FPS Digital Twin for developing a Smart factory to visualize and simulate the real-time factory conditions. - Drive ETL architecture and execution from MES (PROMIS) and equipment management systems (like XSite) and manufacturing databases into the FPS Data Warehouse, ensuring data accuracy, availability, and performance. - Support application upgrades, system performance tuning and resolve complex issues. - Provide hands‑on expertise in implementing configuring and supporting the PROMIS Manufacturing Execution System MES within a semiconductor fabrication facility. - Act as a trusted technical partner to IT stakeholders, Manufacturing Operations Managers, Engineers, and Equipment Engineers. - Drive automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across manufacturing systems and reporting platforms. We need to preserve all detail; keep punctuation. Now Requirements: maybe we can treat "Preferred Qualifications" as Requirements. Let's extract each bullet: - 10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing systems, factory automations, with senior architect and technical responsibility. - Proven hands‑on experience with INFICON FPS Digital Twin, factory scheduling systems, and manufacturing reporting platforms. - Strong expertise in ETL and data integration from MES, XSite and other manufacturing databases into data warehouses. - Deep expertise in PROMIS MES implementation, including flows, steps, branching, routing logic, and configuration of system parameters, workflows, and user interfaces. - Experience supporting equipment maintenance management systems. - Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex system issues in high‑availability fab environments. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills - Proficiency in database management and SQL - Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, production‑critical environment with shifting priorities. - Highly motivated, self‑driven, and solution‑oriented mindset. - Commitment to continuous improvement, automation, and knowledge sharing across teams. Note: Some lines missing period at end; we keep as is. Now Qualifications: Education & Experience paragraph: "Minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience" We could also include that as Qualifications. Now Skills: list: "Digital Twin, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Manufacturing Systems Development, MES Integration, PROMIS, Smart Factory" We need to keep as list. Now Benefits: paragraph: "We offer a full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, a 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), and paid time off. You’ll also be eligible for quarterly profit-sharing bonuses and flexible spending or savings accounts." Now Pay: paragraph: "Required Pay Range $155,900.00 - $204,645.00 Pay Range Explained This role in Seattle, Washington pays between $155,900.00 and $204,645.00 per year, depending on your experience, skills, and background. Pay may vary in other locations." We need to keep all that. Now Schedule: "Shift The regular hours for this position are day shift." We should output as
maybe. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate: EEO statement, remote eligibility list, etc. Remove them. Now produce HTML:
About the role
Forming Our Future together FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle — from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Rooted in our core values — Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People — we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Manufacturing Applications Architect for INFICON FPS (Factory Productivity Suite) and Smart factory Solutions who will be responsible for designing, integrating, and optimizing digital manufacturing systems centered around INFICON’s Factory Digital Twin technology. This role will lead architectural design for highly scalable, data‑driven smart factory ecosystems used within semiconductor manufacturing environments. The ideal candidate collaborates closely with Operations, Engineering, IT, and MES stakeholders to deliver end‑to‑end architectures that leverage real‑time data, advanced analytics, and optimization engines that enable industry‑leading cycle‑time reduction, throughput improvements, and predictive operational insights.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical architect and subject‑matter expert for INFICON FPS Digital Twin for developing a Smart factory to visualize and simulate the real-time factory conditions.
- Drive ETL architecture and execution from MES (PROMIS) and equipment management systems (like XSite) and manufacturing databases into the FPS Data Warehouse, ensuring data accuracy, availability, and performance.
- Support application upgrades, system performance tuning and resolve complex issues.
- Provide hands‑on expertise in implementing configuring and supporting the PROMIS Manufacturing Execution System MES within a semiconductor fabrication facility.
- Act as a trusted technical partner to IT stakeholders, Manufacturing Operations Managers, Engineers, and Equipment Engineers.
- Drive automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across manufacturing systems