Electrical Manufacturing Lead

Nova Ltd. • Fremont, CA

2d • $145,000 - $170,000

About The Position

The Operations and Manufacturing team at Nova is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer Lead with Electrical Engineering experience to work with our Production personnel, Engineers and Scientists to produce our industry leading metrology equipment. The Manufacturing Engineer Lead is responsible for the company’s manufacturing processes for semiconductor metrology capital equipment. Responsible for the design of the company’s products as related to manufacturability and performance to specifications, as well as product manufacturing process and fixturing. Will be responsible for documentation availability and accuracy. This position should perform as a leader within the Manufacturing Engineering and Electrical teams. This position will be involved in NPI for new products and modules and responsible for CIP of existing products.
Nova provides insights into process control in the world’s most technologically advanced industry. We employ physics, mathematics, algorithms, software and hardware expertise to redefine the limits of what is possible in semiconductor manufacturing.
We invite you to join our dreamers and winners and brilliant high- aimers who see impossible as the starting point to exciting challenges and work together in multidisciplinary global teams to find answers.
We dive deep in order to extract unique insights and provide our customers and partners with crucial decision-making data. Each and every one of us helps redefine what people can achieve through technology.
We simply do things differently. What about you?
We’ll be joining the Material Metrology Division: Materials Metrology Division is a competitive and familial environment. We work as a team, and individually, to drive the success of our business using our winning attitude!

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 8 years Manufacturing Engineering experience in either semiconductor metrology or with ion/electron beam systems and/or high vacuum equipment used in semiconductor capital equipment systems.
• Ability to assume responsibility for supply chain and technical issues regarding electronics assemblies.
• Experience with Altium (or similar), SolidWorks - optional, Autocad, Agile.
• Experience with S2/S8, CE EMC, CE Machinery, Customer Compliance and QMS systems.
• Must possess strong troubleshooting skills in Electrical and Mechanical systems.
• Exhibit proficient use computers, Windows operating systems, lab electronic measurement equipment; requires knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel) to perform job function and working knowledge Agile software is a plus.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Highly organized
• Good verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated

Nice To Haves

• SolidWorks - optional

Responsibilities

• Provide real-time technical support to the manufacturing group, resolving assembly, integration and final test issues. Perform root-cause analysis and implement changes via ECO process.
• Provide leadership in decision making regarding business and technical decisions internally and externally. Understand the full supply chain for Nova products.
• Work with suppliers and subcontract manufacturers to qualify suppliers to perform the functions for Nova. Provide audit reports.
• Interact with suppliers to review mfg scope, qualify testing, and review results to drive continuous improvement.
• Design, analyze, review electrical engineering designs – including PCBA wrt digital and analog design aspects.
• Develop fixturing and process’ for testing electronics – High Voltage system control modules. Work with engineering team to implement manufacturability design changes.
• Define design and standards for power distribution and cabling consistent with regulatory requirements.
• Implement incremental design improvements to products. Perform appropriate test and validation and production implementation.
• Ensure engineering design and specifications are in place for all components, subassemblies, systems, products and options. Implement IQC process and fixtures as required.
• Implement manufacturing WI and tooling needed to meet customer specifications and company targets. Implement technical specifications for critical manufacturing steps.
• Own Documentation Quality - BOM accuracy, Drawings, WI. Drive ECR/ECO implementation and process improvements.
• Coordinate NPI and project management of related activities – working in cross-functional teams with R&D/Engineering/Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Quality. Follow PLC guidelines and participate in Gate Review process.
• Drive changes to achieve goals for Quality, Cost and Cycle-Time improvements.

Benefits

• We leverage multiple technology fields such as physics, optics, chemistry, and algorithms to develop hardware and software solutions that measure almost every advanced computer chip built in the world.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior