Full-Time

Senior Applications Engineer

Posted on 8/16/2025

Onto Innovation

Onto Innovation

1,001-5,000 employees

Semiconductor process-control metrology and inspection equipment

No salary listed

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

Milpitas, CA, USA

In Person

10%-20% domestic and international travel required.

Category
Process Engineering
Required Skills
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 5 Years of experience in related field
  • Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering
  • Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Ability to gather and analyze data and then create clear reports and presentations
  • Ability to identify and troubleshoot potential hardware or software performance issues
  • Able to efficiently gain expertise on products in a fast-paced environment
  • Good organization and planning skills
Responsibilities
  • Become a Subject Matter Expert on Onto Innovation’s Inspection products.
  • Support customer applications development activities that require full understanding of the system set-up, inspection of customer’s product, confirmation of optimal and accurate results, and presentation of results
  • Work closely with internal and external customers to understand their requirements and challenges and ensure that Onto Innovation's systems are configured and utilized optimally
  • Provide support and applications training to customers as well as various internal functional groups to ensure systems are being used effectively
  • Develop system requirements that meet customer requirements and product definitions provided by other departments
  • Assist in developing and executing system level test plans to validate that the engineering designs meet customer requirements
  • Compile and assist in the presentation of test data collected during design validations to a peer group of engineers
  • Contribute to documentation for use in the manufacture, installation, technical support and training related to the final design
  • Support engineering products through entire life cycle
  • Support training, application support, and characterization of NPI (new product introduction)
  • 10%-20% domestic and international travel required.

Onto Innovation provides semiconductor capital equipment and software for process control, metrology, and inspection. Its tools include 3D metrology, macro defect inspection, unpatterned wafer quality assessment, and factory analytics software for front-end fabs, advanced packaging, and specialty manufacturers. It differentiates itself by delivering end-to-end process control across front-end and back-end with integrated hardware and analytics, built from the Nanometrics and Rudolph merger and focused on complex architectures like chiplets and heterogeneous integration. Its goal is to help chipmakers increase device yield, boost productivity, and lower total production costs, aligning with AI infrastructure spending and advanced-node development.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Wilmington, Massachusetts

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Q1 2026 revenue hit $291.9M, beating estimates with Q2 guidance at $330M.
  • $240M HBM volume order drives Dragonfly G3 demand over 50% growth in 2026.
  • 27% Rigaku stake for $710M targets $300M incremental opportunity by 2030.

What critics are saying

  • KLA's 8950e captures 55% metrology share, eroding Onto's position in 12 months.
  • Applied Materials' PROVision 7E undercuts Dragonfly G5 throughput by 20% now.
  • SK Hynix, Micron HBM overcapacity cuts Onto's $240M order pipeline in H2 2026.

What makes Onto Innovation unique

  • Atlas G6 OCD system adopted by second logic customer for gate-all-around metrology.
  • Dragonfly G5 qualified for 2.5D advanced packaging with June shipments.
  • Hybrid metrology integrates Rigaku X-ray with Onto optical and Ai Diffract software.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Vacation

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Wellness Program

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

0%
Yahoo Finance
Apr 10th, 2026
2 overlooked AI chip equipment stocks: Onto Innovation secures $240M HBM order, AIXTRON eyes optical comms growth

Onto Innovation, a $10 billion semiconductor inspection equipment company, reported full-year 2025 revenue of $1.005 billion with 1.8% year-on-year growth and secured a $240 million purchase agreement for its Dragonfly G3 inspection system from a high-bandwidth memory manufacturer. First-quarter 2026 guidance projects revenue of $275-285 million with gross margin expansion to 54.6-55.6%. AIXTRON experienced a 12% year-on-year revenue decline in 2025 due to power electronics overcapacity, but management expects growth from optoelectronics products for AI optical communications and gallium nitride power semiconductors. Both companies are positioned to benefit from global AI capital expenditure driving semiconductor equipment demand, particularly for advanced packaging, high-bandwidth memory production and optical communications infrastructure for data centres.

EDGAR Online
Mar 6th, 2026
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES INC (Form: S-1, Received: 09/09/1999 17:15:42)

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. One Rudolph Road Flanders, NJ 07836 (973) 691-1300 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)

Onto Innovation
Mar 6th, 2026
Combination of Nanometrics and Rudolph Technologies to Create Onto Innovation

MILPITAS, Calif. and WILMINGTON, Mass. – October 15, 2019 – Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ: NANO) and Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RTEC), today announced that their combined company will be named Onto Innovation Inc., following the close of their previously announced merger of equals. The name Onto Innovation reflects the combined company’s anticipated focus on the future and exciting challenges ahead, highlighting the increasing importance of innovation in enabling that future for the co

Yahoo Finance
Mar 2nd, 2026
Onto Innovation sees 100% revenue surprise in Japan, international sales drive Q4 growth

Onto Innovation, a semiconductor manufacturing equipment maker, reported total revenue of $266.87 million for the quarter ending December 2025, up 1.1% year over year. International markets played a significant role in the company's performance. Taiwan generated $91.33 million, representing 34.2% of total revenue and exceeding analyst expectations by 7.52%. Japan contributed $37.28 million (14% of revenue), nearly doubling Wall Street projections with a 99.98% surprise. Southeast Asia accounted for $20.17 million (7.6% of revenue), surpassing analyst estimates by 38.12%. The company's extensive international presence demonstrates its reliance on overseas markets, with these three regions alone contributing over half of total quarterly revenue. International operations provide diversification benefits whilst exposing the company to currency fluctuations and geopolitical risks.

Business Wire
Jan 6th, 2026
Onto Innovation to Participate in 28th Annual Needham Growth Conference

Onto Innovation to participate in 28th Annual Needham Growth Conference. WILMINGTON, Mass.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE: ONTO) ("Onto Innovation," "Onto," or the "Company") today announced that Michael Plisinski, chief executive officer, and Brian Roberts, chief financial officer, will participate in the upcoming 28th Annual Needham Growth Conference, taking place at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on January 13-14, 2026. Michael Plisinski will participate in a "fireside chat" at 11:45 a.m. ET on Tuesday, January 13. Investors are invited to join the live webcast of the presentation, which can be accessed on the Company's website at investors.ontoinnovation.com. Onto Innovation will be accessible for one-on-one meetings on January 13 and 14. Any material utilized for the conference, as well as the archived webcast of the presentation, will be made available for one year on the investor relations page of Onto's website at investors.ontoinnovation.com. To schedule a meeting, please contact your Needham salesperson. Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that include: Un-patterned wafer quality; 3D metrology spanning chip features from nanometer scale transistors to large 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 combined with our connected thinking approach results in a unique perspective to help solve our customers' 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. With headquarters and manufacturing in the U.S., Onto Innovation supports customers with a worldwide sales and service organization. Additional information can be found at www.ontoinnovation.com.

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