Senior Product Development Engineer, Equipment

THE ROLE: 

As a Senior Engineer, you will collaborate with various Product Development Groups. This individual serves as a critical technical point of contact to the business, design, platform validation and product engineering teams. We have competitive benefit packages and an award-winning culture. Join us!  

THE PERSON: 

A successful candidate is one who can drive technical decisions independently, has accountability for accuracy, reliability and completeness of assignment results critical to the project’s success. This role allows the opportunity to influence technical decisions that have a significant impact on multiple products or the product line.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Ensures high uptime, ensures preventive maintenance (PM) execution, and seamless vendor coordination for resolving tools hardware and software issues. Primary advanced toolset coverage: Focused Ion Beam, Reactive Ion etchers, Nano‑probers, Scanning electron microscopes and Transmission electron microscopes 
• The role partners closely with equipment owners, lab operations, EHS, and external OEMs to sustain capability, drive MTBF/MTTR improvements, and enable rapid turns on high‑priority cases.
• Design new lab space with strict environmental control involving vibration, EMI and acoustics.
• Lead structured troubleshooting and root‑cause eradication (5‑Why, Ishikawa, FMEA); convert escapes into standard work and documented fixes
• Serve as single point of contact for OEMs and third‑party service providers; coordinate field service, escalations, and remote diagnostics
• Manage service contracts, PM bundles, and time‑and‑materials events; negotiate scope vs. cost; track vendor KPI adherence and corrective actions
• Enforce LOTO, ESD, chemical/gas handling, UHV safety, and radiation/beam compliance as applicable
• Partner with FA engineers on readiness gates for new methods/fixtures; support tool installation, lab moves, and capability upgrades
• Provide on‑call/shift coverage as needed for bring‑up, critical debug, and factory‑stop events

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Hands on maintenance experience with complex capital equipment involving vacuum systems, motion/servo control, pneumatics, high voltage, and embedded SW/FW
• Demonstrated ability in systematic troubleshooting, reading electrical/pneumatic schematics, and using diagnostic tools (oscilloscope, DMM, leak detector, RGA)
• Effective communication with vendors and cross site teams; ability to coordinate multi party interventions under time pressure
• Experience in failure analysis tools, including alignments, stage/probe calibration, column health, and detector
• Knowledge of UHV, turbo/cryogenic pumps, gas handling, plasma sources, beam columns, and vibration/thermal isolation
• Lab‑based role with occasional off‑shift or weekend coverage during critical events and planned PMs
• Some travel for OEM training, factory repair, or acceptance tests may be required

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering (or Mechanical/Electrical with mechatronics focus)