The Material Metrology Division at Nova is looking for a highly technical and motivated individual to support our growth in the semiconductor material metrology segment in Fremont, CA . You will have the opportunity to develop electronics and electrical systems for metrology systems, where your analog and mixed-signal circuit, and embedded system design skills can be fully utilized. Materials Metrology Technology - Nova (novami.com) You will participate in a team of electrical engineers and work directly with scientists to deliver innovative electrical/electronic solutions from research pathfinding to product realization.
Pay Range: $100,000 - $140,000k Annually (DOE)
Why Nova:
- Certified Best Places to Work from "Great Places to Work" in 2022 & 2023 (Rated by our employees) Top 30 in our industry category
- Doubled in revenue from 2020 to 2022
- Customer focus: We value building strong relationships. You'll be the face of Nova, working closely with customers to understand their needs.
- Continuous learning: We're passionate about growth. You'll gain in-depth knowledge of cutting-edge metrology tools, participate in industry trainings, and receive ongoing mentorship from experienced engineers.
What will you do as a Electrical Engineer
- Lead efforts to improve production capacity and quality of PCBAs and controller systems for metrology equipment, ensuring scalability and efficiency in design and manufacturing processes.
- Elevate the quality of PCBAs and controller systems, optimizing performance and reliability to meet industry standards and exceed customer expectations. Work closely with vendors and contract manufacturers to address manufacturability and testability challenges, ensuring optimal design and manufacturing outcomes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot system integration issues, achieving a high yield rate to reduce cycle time.
- Utilize PCBAs CAD tools, preferably Altium, to design PCBAs and optimize its design/release process, ensuring adherence to design specifications and industry standards. Lead product life cycle design activities, including formulating system and PCBAs requirements, facilitating design reviews, and managing design document release via the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in electrical engineering.
- Extensive experience with Altium Designer for schematic and PCB layout design.
- Proficiency in creating and managing component footprint libraries.
- Strong skills in PCBA manufacturing processes and collaboration with PCB board houses.
- Ability to write clear and concise Engineering Change Orders and requests.
- Experience in creating detailed drawings (e.g., cables, wiring diagrams) using Visio, and authoring thorough procedures and documents with a commitment to good documentation practices.
- Experience in performing verification and validation testing to qualify the components and subsystems.
- Effective communication skills for interacting with vendors and internal teams.
- A proactive and collaborative approach to engineering tasks and project management.
Get to know us better
Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) is a global company and a leading provider of innovative metrology solutions for process control in semiconductor manufacturing.
With a team of ~1200 people in three R&D centers and 27 field offices, we bring insights into the world’s most advanced industry. We leverage multiple technology fields such as physics, optics, chemistry, and algorithms to develop hardware and software solutions that measure almost every advanced computer chip built in the world.
Nova dives deep into dimensions and layers at the atomic level to extract unique insights and provide our customers with crucial decision-making data, handling critical challenges by providing unique, differentiated solutions.
Our outstanding people-focused and innovative culture means every person at Nova has the power to make an impact and significantly redefine what people can achieve through technology.
Join us if you are
A dreamer and brilliant high aimer who sees the impossible as the starting point and loves working in a multidisciplinary global team to create innovative breakthroughs.
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