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$124,000.00 - $171,000.00
Location:
Santa Clara,CA
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Applied Materials CoE Team is looking for a Engineer to support the development of a new family of semiconductor process tool sensors at Applied Materials. Main activities include sensor transducer design and test, analogue and digital circuits design & test, firmware development or validation, prototype sensor bring-up and de-bugging, and management of PCB suppliers.
You will be working along-side other engineers on exciting new sensor developments that will significantly impact semiconductor industry and will provide solid personal career growth opportunities.
Key Responsibilities- Perform engineering design, test, and analysis of sensors with limited supervision
- Work closely with sensor architects, physicists, and system SW / HW engineers to deliver a complete sensor system
- Design, build, and validate optical bench and characterize laser, amplifiers, detectors over wavelength range from UV to MWIR
- Chamber integration, verification and troubleshooting of system HW and SW
- Integrate PCBs, embedded firmware to support various sensors development.
- Participate in schematic/layout/BOM review for new electrical design and continuous improvement designs
- Create and implement system requirement and test procedure for the sensor or sensing system
- Provide timely status updates and proactively communications on issues to the stakeholders.
QualificationsThe candidate selected for this position will possess and demonstrate the following skills, education and experience, as detailed below:
- MS or Ph.D. in Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related fields
- Experience in testing and debugging of optical systems/optoelectronic assemblies and photo detectors and sources such as PDs, IR, LEDs is a big plus.
- Must have 4+ years of experience with optical or THz/GHz sensor development.
- Strong knowledge in semiconductor processes, associated physics, and vacuum process tools.
- Fundamental training in laser, optics and EM wave devices and physics.
- In-depth experience of optical design tools such as LightTools, Zemax.
- Knowledge and experience of embedded firmware development a big plus.
- Previous experience with FPGA's is a plus, but not required.
- Knowledge of Industrial communication standards like ECAT or DNet a plus, but not required.
- Flexible, motivated, self-driven, with the ability to work with remote teams.
- Excellent analytical skills, methodical problem-solving skills and logical reporting.
- Ability to meet objectives, goals and deadlines with minimal supervision.
Additional InformationTime Type:Full time
Employee Type:Assignee / Regular
Travel:Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Eligible:Yes
The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.
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