Senior Electronic Engineer

MKS Instruments•Andover Shattuck, MA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Electronic Engineer on MKS’s Valves Engineering team, you will play a critical technical leadership role within a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment. You will design and develop embedded electronic system that powers advanced throttle valve products used in semiconductor manufacturing and other high-performance vacuum applications.

Requirements

Bachelor, Master or PhD in electrical engineering from an accredited institution
Minimum five years of relevant experience
Knowledge and experience in hardware system engineering, which may include product specifications, schematic design, circuit analysis, design for cost & manufacturability, PCB design, documentation, test plan development and release to production
Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams
Experience with integration of hardware designs with both mechanical elements and embedded firmware
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Eligible to work in the United States.
Reside in states where MKS is registered to do business.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SPI, I2C, UART and other communication protocols.
Experience with motion control systems, including stepper motors and BLDC motors.
Understanding of feedback control theory, including PID control and tuning.

Responsibilities

Participate in design and development of analog and digital electronic hardware used to control vacuum valves.
Assist with design, debugging and board bring-up of analog and digital real-time embedded electronics for microprocessor-based control and communication hardware platform using combination of simulation, analysis, prototyping and testing
Assist with design of analog and digital electronic circuits including low noise analog circuits, A/D and D/A converters, microprocessors, communications interfaces, linear and switched-mode power supplies
Participate in project activities, including DFMEA, design reviews, and creation of technical specifications
Perform FAs for customers, make a corrective action plan to mitigate design issues and/or work with vendors to resolve component quality issues
Evaluate the design to meet requirements factoring in performance, cost, reliability and manufacturability
Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
Review vendor capability to support product development
Understand the printed circuit board fabrication processes
Communicate technical information effectively in both oral and written form