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Step into a career with ASM, where cutting edge technology meets collaborative culture.
For over 55 years ASM has been ahead of what’s next, at the forefront of innovation and what’s technologically possible. With more than 4,500 ASMers representing 70 nationalities, our people and our advanced semiconductor devices are playing a crucial role in trends such as 5G, cloud computing, AI, and autonomous driving. But we’re more than just a tech company. We value diversity, inclusion and sustainability as we strive to make a positive impact on the world. Our development programs help support your growth, shaping your future and pushing the boundaries of innovation to unleash potential.
Job's mission
As a Principal Engineer in Software Engineering, you will play a key technical role in developing the software that directly powers ASM’s advanced semiconductor equipment. Your work will have an immediate, visible impact on highly complex semiconductor systems combining robotics, motion control, thermal systems, and process intelligence.
In this role, you will provide technical leadership across software design, architecture, development, integration, and release execution. You will work closely with software, hardware, process, and system engineering teams to deliver robust equipment software while helping evolve our software architecture and engineering practices for future product generations.
- Provide technical leadership for the design, development, integration, and delivery of software for advanced packaging and hybrid bonding equipment.
- Contribute to and influence software architecture decisions supporting product scalability, maintainability, performance, and long-term evolution.
- Develop and maintain high-quality software, with strong hands-on involvement in C++ design, implementation, troubleshooting, and code review.
- Lead technically complex software features and subsystems from requirements through implementation, integration, validation, and release.
- Support software development planning and execution across product releases and software baselines.
- Collaborate closely with software quality teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Work cross-functionally with process engineering, hardware engineering, controls, and system integration teams to deliver tightly integrated equipment software.
- Diagnose and resolve complex software and system-level problems involving interactions between software, hardware, robotics, motion control, and process systems.
- Champion disciplined engineering practices including software design, code reviews, testing, build management, configuration management, and version control.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to software engineers, helping strengthen engineering capability and technical excellence across the team.
- Contribute to software technology direction, architecture evolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
What we are looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of relevant software development experience, with demonstrated technical leadership in complex software systems.
- Exposure to advanced packaging process flows such as CoWoS, SoIC, or InFO.
- Strong hands-on software development expertise in C++.
- Experience developing software that interacts with complex hardware, equipment, robotics, motion control, automation, or other real-time systems.
- Proven experience with customer-oriented software baseline management and release planning.
- Solid background in modern software technologies and development practices.
- Demonstrated ability to influence software architecture and technical direction aligned with long-term product and business needs.
- Strong ownership mindset with proactive technical leadership and a customer-oriented approach.
- Ability to define clear priorities, set ambitious yet realistic goals, and deliver results.
- Ability to lead technically complex work and collaborate effectively across software, hardware, process, and system engineering teams.
- Hands-on experience with Jira, build management tools, and Git version control.
What sets you apart
- Experience in the semiconductor process equipment industry.
- Experience working in fast-paced, customer-driven, and rapidly evolving environments.
- Ability to handle multiple concurrent technical priorities while meeting demanding timelines.
- Strong prioritization skills across complex and competing technical demands.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and elevate technical standards through architecture guidance, design and code reviews, and hands-on technical leadership.
Apply today to be part of what’s next.
We make the tech that enables the chips in devices which improve lives around the world. We do this with an eye to the future, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible through cutting-edge innovation, and driving the next wave of technological breakthroughs that shape how we live, work, and connect.
To learn more about ASM, find us at asm.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
ASM is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identify or expression, marital status, pregnancy, political affiliation, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Step into a career with ASM, where cutting edge technology meets collaborative culture.
For over 55 years ASM has been ahead of what’s next, at the forefront of innovation and what’s technologically possible. With more than 4,500 ASMers representing 70 nationalities, our people and our advanced semiconductor devices are playing a crucial role in trends such as 5G, cloud computing, AI, and autonomous driving. But we’re more than just a tech company. We value diversity, inclusion and sustainability as we strive to make a positive impact on the world. Our development programs help support your growth, shaping your future and pushing the boundaries of innovation to unleash potential.
Job's mission
As a Principal Engineer in Software Engineering, you will play a key technical role in developing the software that directly powers ASM’s advanced semiconductor equipment. Your work will have an immediate, visible impact on highly complex semiconductor systems combining robotics, motion control, thermal systems, and process intelligence.
In this role, you will provide technical leadership across software design, architecture, development, integration, and release execution. You will work closely with software, hardware, process, and system engineering teams to deliver robust equipment software while helping evolve our software architecture and engineering practices for future product generations.
- Provide technical leadership for the design, development, integration, and delivery of software for advanced packaging and hybrid bonding equipment.
- Contribute to and influence software architecture decisions supporting product scalability, maintainability, performance, and long-term evolution.
- Develop and maintain high-quality software, with strong hands-on involvement in C++ design, implementation, troubleshooting, and code review.
- Lead technically complex software features and subsystems from requirements through implementation, integration, validation, and release.
- Support software development planning and execution across product releases and software baselines.
- Collaborate closely with software quality teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Work cross-functionally with process engineering, hardware engineering, controls, and system integration teams to deliver tightly integrated equipment software.
- Diagnose and resolve complex software and system-level problems involving interactions between software, hardware, robotics, motion control, and process systems.
- Champion disciplined engineering practices including software design, code reviews, testing, build management, configuration management, and version control.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to software engineers, helping strengthen engineering capability and technical excellence across the team.
- Contribute to software technology direction, architecture evolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
What we are looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of relevant software development experience, with demonstrated technical leadership in complex software systems.
- Exposure to advanced packaging process flows such as CoWoS, SoIC, or InFO.
- Strong hands-on software development expertise in C++.
- Experience developing software that interacts with complex hardware, equipment, robotics, motion control, automation, or other real-time systems.
- Proven experience with customer-oriented software baseline management and release planning.
- Solid background in modern software technologies and development practices.
- Demonstrated ability to influence software architecture and technical direction aligned with long-term product and business needs.
- Strong ownership mindset with proactive technical leadership and a customer-oriented approach.
- Ability to define clear priorities, set ambitious yet realistic goals, and deliver results.
- Ability to lead technically complex work and collaborate effectively across software, hardware, process, and system engineering teams.
- Hands-on experience with Jira, build management tools, and Git version control.
What sets you apart
- Experience in the semiconductor process equipment industry.
- Experience working in fast-paced, customer-driven, and rapidly evolving environments.
- Ability to handle multiple concurrent technical priorities while meeting demanding timelines.
- Strong prioritization skills across complex and competing technical demands.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and elevate technical standards through architecture guidance, design and code reviews, and hands-on technical leadership.
Apply today to be part of what’s next.
We make the tech that enables the chips in devices which improve lives around the world. We do this with an eye to the future, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible through cutting-edge innovation, and driving the next wave of technological breakthroughs that shape how we live, work, and connect.
To learn more about ASM, find us at asm.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
ASM is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identify or expression, marital status, pregnancy, political affiliation, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Who's Hiring
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Top Industries Hiring
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal software engineering manager jobs.
- 10 or more years of software engineering experience with at least 5 in engineering management
- Proven leadership of multiple engineering teams or a large cross-functional engineering organization
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud architecture, or large-scale backend infrastructure
- Experience driving technical strategy, roadmap planning, and org-wide engineering standards
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and senior business stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline
Tips for Your Principal Software Engineering Manager Job Search
Quantify your engineering org impact
Hiring panels at principal level expect numbers tied to org scale, not just project outcomes. Rewrite your resume to show how many engineers you've managed across how many teams, the size of systems you owned, and measurable delivery improvements you drove.
Signal technical depth without overloading
Principal roles sit at the boundary of people leadership and architecture. Your resume should name the specific technical decisions you owned, like system design tradeoffs or roadmap calls, not just the teams you led. Avoid listing every language or framework you've touched.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal software engineering manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target companies by engineering scale
Principal manager roles have very different scopes at a 50-person startup versus a hyperscaler. Filter your search by company stage and org size so the role's complexity actually matches what's on your resume. Mismatched scope is a common early-screen rejection.
Prepare a system design narrative for interviews
Most principal-level loops include at least one architecture or design session where you're expected to reason through tradeoffs at scale, not just recite patterns. Practice walking through a past system you designed or significantly influenced, including what you'd do differently now.
Negotiate scope before negotiating compensation
At principal level, the reporting structure and team size you're offered directly determines how visible and influential the role is. Before discussing compensation, clarify how many direct reports, what budget authority, and which org decisions fall in your scope.
Principal Software Engineering Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal software engineering managers?
Microsoft, Collins Aerospace, and Amazon are hiring the most principal software engineering managers right now, with openings concentrated in Washington, California, and Iowa, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is strongest at companies scaling cloud infrastructure and enterprise platform teams.
How many principal software engineering manager jobs are remote?
About 64% of principal software engineering manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with the highest remote share in platform engineering, developer tooling, and distributed infrastructure roles. Roles that require close collaboration with product and design leaders tend to favor hybrid or on-site arrangements more often.
How do you become a principal software engineering manager?
Most principal software engineering managers progress by building a track of leading multiple engineering teams, owning large technical decisions, and demonstrating org-wide influence rather than just team execution. Getting there typically requires transitioning from team-level management to multi-team or program leadership, earning sponsorship from senior engineering directors, and showing that your technical judgment shapes architecture across teams, not just within one.
Can you get hired as a principal software engineering manager without prior management experience at that level?
It's uncommon but possible if your individual contributor background includes strong evidence of technical leadership at scale, such as driving architecture decisions across multiple teams, mentoring senior engineers, or leading large cross-functional initiatives. Companies hiring for newly created principal roles are more flexible than those backfilling established org structures. Framing your experience around organizational impact rather than team headcount is the most effective way to close the gap.
What does the principal software engineering manager interview process look like?
The process typically runs four to six rounds and includes a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on leadership scope and org philosophy, a technical system design session, a behavioral loop with engineering directors or cross-functional partners, and often a final presentation or case study on how you'd approach a specific organizational or technical challenge. Expect questions about how you've scaled teams, resolved technical direction conflicts, and influenced beyond your direct reports.
Where can I find and apply to principal software engineering manager jobs?
You can find and apply to principal software engineering manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and apply directly to each listing.
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