Senior Systems Engineer

Onto Innovation•Wilmington, MA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Onto Innovation is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support requirements development, systems integration, verification, and customer-facing technical execution for advanced semiconductor inspection and metrology platforms. This individual-contributor role works across engineering disciplines to translate complex product requirements into reliable, manufacturable, serviceable, and customer-ready system solutions. The role is primarily on-site in Wilmington, Massachusetts, with domestic and international travel up to 40%. The position involves laboratory, manufacturing, cleanroom, customer-site, and office environments. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional engineering and business teams, as well as strategic customers, to resolve technical issues and deliver system solutions. First-year success includes improving requirements quality, supporting successful integrations, reducing open systems issues, accelerating customer technical responses, and strengthening cross-functional engineering alignment.

Requirements

At least 10 years of engineering experience in systems engineering, semiconductor equipment, capital equipment, precision instrumentation, automation, software-enabled hardware systems, optics, imaging, or related technical products.
Experience with requirements management, system integration, interface control, verification and validation, root cause analysis, technical documentation, and customer-facing issue resolution.
Ability to work independently, communicate technical issues clearly, and influence cross-functional teams.
Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, optics, computer engineering, robotics, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience may substitute when supported by demonstrated systems engineering capability.
Ability to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds and work safely in laboratory, manufacturing, cleanroom, customer-site, and office environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience in semiconductor inspection, metrology, lithography, process control, advanced packaging, optics, imaging, motion control, robotics, automation, or system-level calibration.
Familiarity with formal requirements tools, ECO processes, issue tracking, reliability practices, customer acceptance procedures, and cleanroom environments.
INCOSE, Six Sigma, PMP, or equivalent technical certifications.
Master’s degree in engineering or applied science.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and validate system requirements, interface definitions, test plans, integration plans, and verification evidence for inspection and metrology systems.
Support subsystem trade studies, systems integration troubleshooting, customer acceptance activities, field issue resolution, and engineering change evaluation.
Collaborate with hardware, software, optics, automation, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, field service, technical product support, product management, marketing, and strategic customers.
Drive assigned technical issues to closure, communicate risks clearly, and contribute to scalable systems engineering processes.
Comply with company safety standards and customer-site requirements.