Jobs at Onto Innovation

Develop and optimize optical metrology systems for semiconductor equipment. Responsibilities include aligning, validating, troubleshooting, and improving complex optical systems; designing experiments; defining system requirements; supporting prototype development, tool installation, and tool matching; and communicating methods through technical presentations, procedures, and training. The role collaborates with software, hardware, and applications teams and requires international travel of up to 15%.

Develop and optimize optical metrology technologies for semiconductor equipment. Responsibilities include aligning, validating, troubleshooting, and improving complex optical systems; designing experiments; defining system requirements; collaborating with software, hardware, and applications teams; supporting first-in-fab installations and tool matching; and creating technical documentation and training materials. Requires international travel of up to 20%.

Designs, develops, and optimizes low-level software for semiconductor equipment across the full software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include building .NET applications with C# and WPF, implementing client-server and hardware communication using WCF, TCP/IP, serial, and related protocols, and participating in code reviews, testing, integration, and architecture improvements. The role collaborates with cross-functional teams to translate customer requirements into technical solutions.

Design, develop, and optimize low-level software for semiconductor equipment. Build .NET applications using C# and WPF, implement client-server communication with WCF and TCP/IP, and integrate hardware through serial and other protocols. Collaborate on requirements, architecture, code reviews, testing, debugging, and system integration across the software development lifecycle.

Leads software architecture, integration, and performance optimization for R/Theta motion-stage subsystems in semiconductor inspection and metrology platforms. Develops real-time motion-control software, coordinate transformation, calibration, compensation, and optimization algorithms. Defines requirements and automated calibration workflows, integrates software with mechanical, electrical, controls, and systems engineering, and troubleshoots complex hardware-software issues while providing technical leadership across engineering programs.

Coordinates customer requirements from pre-sales through shipment, working with sales, engineering, manufacturing, finance, and customer service. Reviews product specifications, defines system configurations, approves technical quote content, creates manufacturing build configurations, monitors system builds, supports custom sales projects, and manages customer inspections, application studies, and factory demonstrations. Requires strong communication, organization, planning, multitasking, and accountability, with occasional domestic and international travel.

Develop and optimize optical metrology systems for semiconductor equipment. Responsibilities include aligning and validating complex optical systems, designing experiments, troubleshooting performance, defining requirements with software and hardware teams, supporting first-in-fab installations and tool matching, and creating technical documentation and training materials. The role requires hands-on laboratory and prototype experience, semiconductor metrology expertise, and up to 20% international travel.

The Technical Product Manager coordinates cross-functional semiconductor product programs by managing risk, cost, schedule, readiness, dependencies, resources, and deliverables. The role identifies execution gaps, drives mitigation and recovery plans, supports releases and qualifications, monitors COGS, develops operating procedures, and ensures technical and operational commitments remain on track. Success requires technical breadth across semiconductor hardware, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, service, and supply chain, along with strong influence and communication skills.

Integrate hardware and software for existing and emerging products, qualifying configurations, assessing system health, and collaborating with various stakeholders.

Provides on-site technical customer support, strengthens process-of-record share, supports new product adoption and pre-sales efforts, and develops technical presentations, best-practice materials, and white papers. Conducts scientific and laboratory research, evaluates semiconductor technology applications, contributes to patents and publications, and coordinates cross-functional research. Applies computational modeling, statistics, design of experiments, device physics, and semiconductor process knowledge.

Supports customers using semiconductor 2D and 3D AOI products through demonstrations, system installation acceptance, training, troubleshooting, process integration, testing, and remote or onsite applications support. The role evaluates product performance, contributes to equipment improvements, reports experimental findings, determines equipment specifications, develops customer relationships, identifies sales opportunities, and provides competitive market feedback. Regular customer-site and overseas travel is required.

Provides technical on-site customer support for semiconductor metrology products, supports pre-sales through technical presentations, and develops customer relationships. Conducts scientific research, laboratory investigations, feasibility studies, computational modeling, and product-related development. Coordinates cross-functional research, contributes to patents and technical publications, and applies statistics, design of experiments, semiconductor device physics, and process integration knowledge.

Provides on-site technical customer support, supports pre-sales and product adoption, and conducts semiconductor-focused scientific research. Responsibilities include designing and executing laboratory studies, evaluating scientific applications for products and inventions, developing presentations and technical publications, contributing to patent applications, and coordinating cross-functional research. The role requires knowledge of semiconductor metrology, device physics, computational modeling, statistics, and experimental design.

Supports released semiconductor inspection and metrology software by investigating customer issues, troubleshooting defects, performing root cause analysis, developing and testing fixes, maintaining automated and unit tests, supporting releases, and documenting findings. Collaborates with software, hardware, systems, applications, QA, and field service teams to improve product reliability, maintainability, and customer satisfaction.

Lead the design, analysis, prototyping, integration, and validation of high-precision mechanical and optomechanical subsystems for semiconductor metrology and inspection equipment. Develop flexure mechanisms, positioning systems, thermal and vibration control solutions, and precision interfaces. Perform FEA, structural dynamics, thermal, modal, and tolerance analyses while collaborating across engineering disciplines, suppliers, and manufacturing teams. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and guide precision engineering roadmaps.

Lead the design, modeling, prototyping, validation, and calibration of optical subsystems for semiconductor metrology and inspection systems. Develop UV-to-IR optical architectures, optimize performance, qualify components with suppliers, create manufacturing and integration documentation, and collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams. Provide technical leadership and mentorship while supporting precise measurement, AI-driven process control, and yield optimization.

Lead the development of precision hardware and tooling for semiconductor metrology instruments across the full product lifecycle. Design mechatronic motion systems, optical mounts, positioning mechanisms, and control architectures; perform vibration, resonance, and modal analysis; tune servos; validate micron- and nanometer-level performance; and finalize designs for product release. Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, operations, and manufacturing teams while leading small teams and traveling internationally to customer sites.

Leads strategic sales growth for semiconductor process-control solutions across regional and global accounts. Responsibilities include executive customer relationship management, revenue forecasting, sales funnel optimization, contract negotiations, S&OP forecasting, go-to-market strategy, and cross-functional collaboration with marketing, applications, manufacturing, finance, and service teams. Extensive travel is required.

Manage Taiwan regional warehouse materials movement, customer support requests, parts inventory, international shipments, returns, RMAs, service orders, and logistics performance. Analyze inventory and consumption data to support 3PL network planning, spare-parts allocation, forecasting, and KPI tracking. Provide quotations, expedite emergency shipments, resolve escalations, coordinate with branches and shipping teams, and guide customer service representatives.

Manages strategic semiconductor accounts and sales strategies, forecasts revenue, coordinates quotes and order bookings, supports negotiations and collections, resolves customer issues, delivers technical presentations, and communicates market and competitive intelligence internally. Requires extensive semiconductor equipment sales experience, executive-level communication, and frequent customer travel.