MS or PhD in Physics or relevant engineering field
5-10 years of experience in semiconductor or large capital equipment markets
Proficiency in developing and validating complex electromechanical system models
Hands-on experience with metrology equipment and vacuum hardware
Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on customer needs
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and project management skills
Ability to travel up to 30% of the time
Responsibilities
Lead the entire Product Life Cycle from idea inception to final release
Design, build, and utilize complex vacuum systems with advanced metrology equipment
Propose and validate solutions for customer challenges
Own the validation and testing of new prototype systems
Ensure design compliance during the Design and Testing phase
Integrate new components into products and characterize their performance
Develop training procedures for Manufacturing, Service, and Applications teams
Benefits
Opportunity to impact a rapidly growing division
Work with a highly skilled and efficient team
Engage in hands-on, innovative projects
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Participate in field activities for new product releases
Full Job Description
Description
The Nova Engineering Team is looking for a System Engineer to work with Design Engineers, Product Managers and Researchers to participate in the ongoing development, integration and characterization of novel metrology solutions across several product lines. The selected person will be part of a highly skilled and efficient team of System Engineers with significant combined experience in instrumentation for Semiconductor production environment. This position provides an opportunity to have a large impact in a rapidly growing division and industry.
Pay Range: $ 145,000 - $180,000 Annually (DOE)
Role Responsibilities
What will you do as a Sr. Systems Engineer?
System Engineers play a key role throughout the entire Product Life Cycle from the inception and validation of new ideas to final product release, product roadmap and field testing.
Our ideal candidate would be a highly motivated individual with broad experience in applied high vacuum systems for electron beam and x-rays related technologies.
The candidate must have high proficiency in hands-on work and demonstrate the ability to design, build, and use complex vacuum systems with high-end metrology equipment such as stages, gauges, cameras, lasers, detectors, spectrometers, electron beam analysis equipment, etc. The candidate must have a proven record on accomplishments in R&D and engineering.
Propose solutions for customer problems, validate the concepts of the proposed solutions and initiate development and implementation of these solutions.
Own validation and building of new prototype systems and validation through prototype test data collection and processing.
Participates in the Design and Testing phase of the component (sub-system), ensures that the design complies with the requirements.
Own the design and integration of new components or sub-systems into the product and characterize its behavior at full product performance.
Develop procedures for and trains Manufacturing, Service and Applications in all aspects of the new component or sub-system as it relates to the complete system - assembly, calibration, testing and end-user operation.
What will help you to succeed in the role?
Problem solving skills for resolution of system level challenges at every phase of the Product Lifecycle
Willingness to participate in field activities for new product release or challenging customer issues
Customer management skills that build relationships with internal and external customers
Interface with supporting organization and our Advanced Technology group to define and drive the product development roadmap
Hands on mechanical, electrical, and optical assembly experience.
Requirements
MS or PhD in Physics or relevant engineering field with more than 5-10 years of experience in semiconductor or other large capital equipment markets
Ability to develop and validate end to end system models for complex mapping of multidimensional electromechanical systems into predicted performance.
Lead effort to build, run and maintain experimental systems, prototype, and beta systems as well as provide engineering support for field systems.
Design and incorporate metrology equipment (cameras, detectors, etc..) and vacuum hardware
Resolve technical problems in development, and maintenance of research Hardware/Equipment
Must be able to balance independent work, accountability and ownership of complex problems with teamwork, collaboration and sense of joint purpose.
Drive for high quality work product with focus on the Customer's problem at hand and understanding of timeline, budget and other practical constraints
Educated and experienced in general scientific thinking and approach to problem solving. He / She has consistent, logical and analytical approach to solving problems with good reasoning skills.
Can design and execute high-precision measurements and process the data accordingly and provide critical thinking with data meaning.
Good organizational, interpersonal, leadership and project management skills.
Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time.
Must be able to work onsite
Nice to Have:
Technical expertise in design and simulation of electron-optics, electron columns, XPS, or SIMS
System integration and characterization skills combining critical thinking and scientific intuition
Familiar with the concept and high-level implementation of complex control systems and real-time data processing
Working knowledge of high voltage components in the 5kV range. Familiar with basic high-voltage best practices.
Hands on experience working with hardware components, basic electronics modules and diagnostics instrumentation.
Working knowledge of clean vacuum systems (1e-7 torr) and vacuum-related design is a plus.
Experience with Machine Learning and AI tools to help add efficiency to engineering development and prototyping.
Modeling experience with MatLab, Python or other relevant modeling tools.
Conduct error budget analysis, modeling, and simulation for proposed architectures.
About Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd.
Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. is an Israeli company that develops, produces and markets advanced process control systems for semiconductor manufacturing. The company's products are used in the production process of semiconductors, which are used in a variety of electronic devices such as smartphones, computers, and more. Nova's systems are designed to improve the manufacturing process by providing accurate measurements and analysis of the production process. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.
