Senior Electronics Engineer - Advanced Development

MKS Instruments • Rochester, NY

5d • $101,000 - $169,000

About The Position

This research and development position focuses on high-performance plasma power generation equipment used in state-of-the-art semiconductor processing tools. The engineer works on electronic impedance matching systems, control systems for power generators and matching networks, and power electronics. The role includes circuit and system design, simulation, firmware development, testing, and hands-on validation of product performance in real-world plasma processing environments.

Requirements

• BSEE or equivalent and more than 5 years of experience in a power electronics-related field, or MSEE or equivalent and more than 3 years of experience in a power electronics-related field.
• Knowledge of electronics and interest and curiosity in adjacent fields, including software, power electronics, controls, and physics.
• Experience with and interest in system and circuit simulation tools such as MATLAB, Python, Simulink, SPICE, and PCB layout software.
• Strong theoretical background in electronics and physics.
• Interest in and experience with testing power electronics using tools such as oscilloscopes, network analyzers, power meters, and function generators.
• Basic understanding of control system theory.
• Good writing skills for proposals, specifications, test reports, and engineering analyses.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment with purchasing, manufacturing engineering, and other groups.

Responsibilities

• Design and simulate high-speed electronic impedance-matching circuits and systems, including firmware development, electronics design, and testing.
• Design and analyze high-performance control systems for power generators and matching networks.
• Validate product performance hands-on in real-world situations, such as a plasma processing environment.
• Work with resonant tank circuits, RF inverters, and DC/DC converters.
• Design and debug analog and power electronics.
• Work on high-voltage switchmode power supply design.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life and disability insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• Sick time
• 15 paid vacation days
• Six weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus

What This Job Offers

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