Senior Electrical Engineer

Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that include: 3D metrology spanning the chip from nanometer-scale transistors to micron-level die-interconnects; macro defect inspection of wafers and packages; metal interconnect composition; factory analytics; and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging. Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues. Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers’ critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

• Ensuring overall electrical system integrity of multi-million dollar Semiconductor Metrology and Inspection Tools.

• The use and/or defining of functional requirements/specifications of tools - including but not limited to focusing on costs, regulatory requirements, safety, reliability, quality, and sustainability.

• Creating design estimates to include budget, labor, material, and cost.

• Responsibility for applying applicable design principles and ensuring the designs comply with SEMI, NFPA, CE, CDRH, UL, and other applicable standards.

• Performing engineering work and applied research, development, troubleshooting, and design for both sustaining and new products.

• Highly complex design, fabrication, modification, and verification of analog and digital circuits, including hands on de-bugging skills and PCB development.

• High-speed circuit design and PCB development.

• FPGA/CPLD Verilog programming and design.

• Analyzing system specifications and establishing specific electrical design requirements, test /validation methods, and conducts validation tests for the completed project or task.

• Preparation of technical drawings, content for user documentation, conducting presentations, and writing white papers/validation test reports for the design.

• Representing Onto Innovations as a customer contact when required to solve complex electrical matters.

• Providing subject matter expertise to support manufacturing issues or resolution of customer field escalations. May require occasional travel to provide support and includes hands on assembly, testing and troubleshooting.

• Investigating customer complaints, determining the nature and extent of issues, recommending remedial measures, and implementing design changes.

• Discipline specific project leadership, but does not include management or supervision of a permanent or established organizational unit.

• Working with Project Managers to ensure work meets Customer, Business, and Program requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of prior experience related to analog /digital electrical system design
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and/or a combination of experience and/or training 
• Strong analog/digital circuit knowledge - including PCB layout and simulation
• Solid understanding of EMI shielding and grounding techniques
• CPLD implementation/Verilog, C, and C# programming
• Altera FPGA implementation/programming
• Experience in using Altium Designer, Quartus, Microsoft® VISIO. Familiarity with Windchill is a plus.

Skills:

• Strong leadership and analytical skills.

• Strong communication skills verbally and written.

• Electrical system & sub-system integration including cabling.

• Ability to define electrical system architectures.

• Ability to work under pressure and time constraints.

• Working knowledge of integrated, complex machine design preferred including motion control.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Strong sense of urgency, organization, and accountability.

• Ability to perform hands on assembly, testing or troubleshooting in the lab, manufacturing or clean room environment.

• Semiconductor Capital equipment development/engineering background preferred including application of several of the following technology areas: motion control, staging, optics, imaging systems and illumination control, PC-based control systems, custom firmware/software and power management.

Onto Innovation Inc. offers competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including health/dental/vision/life/disability, PTO, 401K plan with employer match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) along with health & wellness initiatives. We provide a collaborative working environment along with resources, and state-of-the-art tools & equipment to promote success; and a welcoming, inclusive corporate culture where individuals are recognized for their contributions.

Onto Innovation Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Onto Innovation Inc., Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.