Senior System Engineer

Nova Ltd. • Fremont, CA

6h • Onsite

About The Position

The Nova Engineering Team is seeking a System Engineer to collaborate with Design Engineers, Product Managers, and Researchers on the development, integration, and characterization of novel metrology solutions across various product lines. This role is within a highly skilled and efficient team of System Engineers with extensive experience in instrumentation for semiconductor production environments, offering a significant impact in a rapidly growing division and industry. Nova provides insights into process control in the technologically advanced semiconductor industry, leveraging physics, mathematics, algorithms, software, and hardware expertise to push the boundaries of manufacturing. The company invites individuals who see challenges as starting points for innovation, working in multidisciplinary global teams to find solutions and redefine what technology can achieve. Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) is a global leader in innovative metrology solutions for semiconductor manufacturing process control, with approximately 1200 employees across three R&D centers and 27 field offices. They utilize multiple technology fields like physics, optics, chemistry, and algorithms to develop solutions for measuring advanced computer chips. Nova's culture empowers individuals to make an impact and redefine technological possibilities.

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 from the corporate office.
• Broad experience in applied high vacuum systems for electron beam and x-rays related technologies.
• 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.
• Proven record on accomplishments in R&D and engineering.
• Problem solving skills for resolution of system level challenges at every phase of the Product Lifecycle
• Customer management skills that build relationships with internal and external customers

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the ongoing development, integration and characterization of novel metrology solutions across several product lines.
• 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.
• Propose solutions for customer problems, validate the concepts of the proposed solutions and initiate development and implementation of these solutions.
• Conduct error budget analysis, modeling, and simulation for proposed architectures.
• Participate in the Design and Testing phase of the component (sub-system), ensuring 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 train 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.
• Participate in field activities for new product release or challenging customer issues.
• Interface with supporting organization and our Advanced Technology group to define and drive the product development roadmap.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees