Jobs at Onto Innovation

Owns local customer activity as a semiconductor metrology applications engineer, including system installation, software feature introductions, training, troubleshooting, OCD/thin-film modeling, and escalation resolution. Builds close customer relationships in Japanese, identifies improvement needs, collaborates with service and internal teams, and supports projects through systematic root-cause analysis and verification. Requires regular customer-site travel and participation in overseas training.

Own local applications engineering activities for a semiconductor metrology customer, including system installation, software feature introductions, training, troubleshooting, modeling, and escalation resolution. Build close customer relationships in Japanese, identify improvement needs, collaborate with service and internal teams, and support systematic root-cause analysis. The role requires regular customer-site travel, overseas training, and occasional off-hours conference calls for escalations.

Plans and manages subassembly production schedules from material allocation through final build. Coordinates schedule changes based on forecasts, configurations, inventory, labor, and engineering changes. Incorporates ECN revisions, addresses shortages and potential work stoppages, supports purchasing expedites, and provides master-scheduling input on lead times, safety stock, and supply parameters. Generates performance data on schedule commitments, material status, activity levels, and documentation accuracy.

Develop and maintain Windows-based .NET software applications that integrate with complex semiconductor handling systems. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, software design, coding, testing, debugging multithreaded environments, performance optimization, documentation, code reviews, and hardware-software integration. The engineer will collaborate with hardware, systems, application, and project teams throughout the software lifecycle, support new product development, and provide technical guidance. Domestic travel of approximately 10% and infrequent international travel may be required.

Design, model, characterize, and deploy advanced optical systems for semiconductor metrology, including imaging, spectroscopy, illumination, scatterometry, ellipsometry, and pattern recognition systems. Responsibilities include defining architectures and tolerances, analyzing optical performance, aligning and calibrating prototypes, running validation experiments, resolving performance issues, qualifying components, documenting designs, and supporting manufacturing and field deployment.

Designs, analyzes, integrates, and supports mechanical systems for semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment. Responsibilities include mechanical assembly and mechanism design, tolerance and structural/thermal analysis, prototyping, testing, engineering documentation, supplier collaboration, manufacturing support, field troubleshooting, and reliability and manufacturability improvements across the product lifecycle.

Develops and maintains customer-facing technical documentation for complex semiconductor hardware, software, and integrated systems. Creates manuals, installation and maintenance procedures, troubleshooting content, diagrams, screenshots, and technical illustrations. Collaborates with engineering, product management, field service, and support teams to research and validate information. Manages multiple documentation projects, revision control, quality standards, and release processes. Requires periodic domestic travel to customer sites and manufacturing facilities.

Develop and deploy advanced machine-learning, image-processing, and computer-vision algorithms for semiconductor inspection systems. The role includes production coding, algorithm validation, system performance improvement, hardware collaboration, and onsite customer support. Candidates will work independently to identify real-world performance opportunities and implement solutions. The position requires extensive travel, including 65% travel in Taiwan and 10% international travel.

Provides on-site technical support for semiconductor metrology equipment, including system qualification, acceptance testing, process optimization, data analysis, troubleshooting, and customer training. Collaborates with R&D, Product, and Sales teams to develop applications, support pre- and post-sales activities, prepare technical documentation, and identify growth opportunities. Maintains customer relationships through technical presentations, site visits, and application expertise.

Represent product-line engineering in customer field evaluations, supporting system operation, troubleshooting, optimization, and new product adoption. Define metrology product characteristics, concepts, requirements, and system models; develop performance estimation and validation tools; and coordinate with field service, software, manufacturing, and applications teams. The role requires optical instrumentation expertise, quantitative problem solving, independent experimentation, project leadership, and international travel up to 40%.

The Staff QA Engineer develops and executes comprehensive software testing strategies across functional, integration, performance, regression, and end-to-end workflows. Responsibilities include building automated test frameworks, integrating tests with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, applying AI-assisted quality engineering, investigating customer escalations, supporting defect resolution, assessing release readiness, and mentoring other SQA engineers. The role collaborates cross-functionally across software development, product management, applications, field service, and customer support teams.

Develops and supports semiconductor metrology applications for thin-film, optical critical dimension, and non-contact electrical measurements. Responsibilities include customer demonstrations, recipe development, product characterization, troubleshooting, statistical analysis, technical presentations, training, and collaboration with software, algorithms, service, and product teams. The role leads technical engagements, resolves production-line issues, supports installations, documents procedures, and drives customer adoption of metrology solutions. Approximately 50% travel is required.

Provides expert hardware support for semiconductor process-control tools through remote escalation and customer-site service. Develops support plans, documentation, and qualification criteria; communicates field issues to design engineers; trains Field Service Engineers; contributes to new product design reviews, testing, and product introductions. The role requires troubleshooting expertise, cleanroom work, lifting equipment up to 50 pounds, and 50% domestic and international travel.

Leads software integration automation and performance optimization for semiconductor metrology platforms. Defines software requirements, automated calibration workflows, and production calibration strategies while integrating motion-control solutions. Collaborates with mechanical, electrical, controls, and systems engineering teams to optimize tool build cycles and resolve complex software-hardware issues. Serves as the technical expert for metrology tool software and provides technical leadership across engineering programs.

Represent product line engineering in the field, supporting customer tool evaluations and new semiconductor metrology product adoption. Operate, troubleshoot, and optimize systems; define product characteristics, concepts, requirements, and system models; and develop performance estimation and validation tools. Collaborate with field service, software, manufacturing, and applications teams while independently performing optical instrumentation experiments and resolving system performance issues.

Represent product line engineering in customer field evaluations, troubleshoot and optimize semiconductor metrology tools, define product requirements and system models, develop performance estimation and validation tools, and coordinate with software, manufacturing, field service, and applications teams. The role requires expertise in optical instrumentation, design of experiments, quantitative analysis, and system performance improvement, with up to 40% international travel.

Creates, edits, organizes, and maintains technical documentation for semiconductor metrology products, including specifications, architecture descriptions, manuals, procedures, training materials, release notes, and software documentation. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams, manages document reviews and repositories, establishes documentation standards, and supports product launches with accurate, customer-focused content.

Develop and deploy machine learning, image processing, and computer vision algorithms for semiconductor inspection platforms. Work with customers onsite to identify performance improvements, independently implement and validate production algorithms, and advise hardware teams on image quality and error budgets. The role requires strong software engineering, mathematics, problem-solving, and communication skills, with extensive travel to Korea and internationally.

Leads Onto Innovation’s Korea-based software support team for semiconductor inspection equipment. Responsibilities include team leadership, customer escalation management, sustaining engineering, root-cause analysis, software release governance, cross-site coordination, staffing, mentoring, and technical direction. The role supports hardware-integrated software involving instrument control, automation, image processing, machine vision, and complex cyber-physical systems for major semiconductor customers.

Design, implement, and maintain complex multithreaded and distributed software applications. Develop desktop and web applications, web services, and data-intensive systems while following SDLC practices. Collaborate on compute-system design, procurement, and setup; support customer sites; lead major product features; mentor team members; and stay current with relevant software technologies and standards.