Senior Engineer I, Electrical Engineering

K&S Careers•Fort Washington, WA

About The Position

The Senior Engineer I, Electrical Engineering designs, develops, integrates, and debugs electrical systems for industrial semiconductor equipment. The role covers complex analog and digital circuits and subsystems, embedded firmware and real-time control, communications interfaces, system bring-up, and equipment wiring. It also includes product data management and release activities in Teamcenter, along with collaboration with vendors, contractors, and cross-functional teams to deliver technically sound, cost-effective electrical designs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a minimum of 7 years of relevant industry experience, or a master’s degree in electrical engineering and a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, integrate, and debug electrical systems for industrial semiconductor equipment.
Design and develop complex analog and digital electronic circuits and subsystems using microcontrollers and FPGAs.
Create schematics, PCB layouts, and interface architectures.
Perform circuit simulation, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
Develop high-speed digital interfaces using EtherCAT, TCP/IP, USB, I2C, and SPI communication protocols.
Develop embedded firmware for microcontrollers, DSPs, and real-time control systems.
Program in C, C++, and other embedded development environments.
Implement real-time control algorithms and machine interfaces.
Support system bring-up, troubleshooting, and optimization.
Create wiring diagrams for different semiconductor assembly equipment modules, identify cables, and define cable sizing for cable harnesses.
Create bills of materials (BOMs), learn the Teamcenter data management system, and use it to release products.
Manage engineering change orders (ECOs) and maintain product changes resulting from troubleshooting, part obsolescence, copy-exact requirements, and production feedback.
Collaborate with external vendors and contractors on outsourced design and integration activities.
Work with cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical challenges.
Develop technically sound and cost-effective electrical design solutions.