A Day in Your Life at MKS:
As a Senior Applications Engineer at MKS, you will partner with R&D, engineering and product management to develop and launch new vacuum valve products solutions. In this role, you will report to the Director of Valve Product Management.
You Will Make an Impact By:
- Provide technical support for worldwide MKS sales for V&IPS products, including product selection, specifying special configurations, and troubleshooting.
- Travel to customer sites (with local sales and applications staff) to discuss product features and integration, support testing or product installation, or troubleshoot problems.
- Working with Product Managers, Engineers, and Applications Engineers, perform tests or demonstrations to resolve customer applications issues.
- Define and document special customer product configurations based on customer needs.
- Generate, review, and price special customer configurations, assist Sales and Customer Service in providing product quotations to customers.
- Prepare, conduct, and participate in training and education programs focusing on product capabilities and applications.
- Travel Requirements: Up to 50% of Travel is required.
Skills You Bring:
- B.S. in an Engineering or Physical Science field. Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering preferred.
- 5 years in a design, applications, or manufacturing engineering role
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills for working with customers and in-house MKS personnel.
- Experience, knowledge, or ability to learn vacuum technology, pressure control, mass flow controllers, vacuum valves, plasma systems, and systems integration.
- Must be able to operate ‘hands-on’ as necessary when working at customer locations, or internal labs
- Proficient in MS office and computer skills
- Ability to travel about 25% of the time both domestically and internationally
Preferred Skills: (Optional)
- 2-5 years of experience with Semiconductor Deposition or etch tools, Reactive Gas Systems, or vacuum deposition systems is preferred
- Knowledge or ability to learn basic use of digital electronics: TTL logic, RS232, Devicenet, and / or EtherCAT
- Experience working in or supporting a production semiconductor fab or equipment manufacturer is a plus.
Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations. Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.
MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.
MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: [email protected] .
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Skills Required
- B.S. in an Engineering or Physical Science field (Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical preferred)
- 5 years in a design, applications, or manufacturing engineering role
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Experience, knowledge, or ability to learn vacuum technology, pressure control, mass flow controllers, vacuum valves, plasma systems, and systems integration
- Ability to operate hands-on at customer locations or internal labs
- Proficient in MS Office and general computer skills
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to ~25–50%)
- 2-5 years experience with semiconductor deposition or etch tools, reactive gas systems, or vacuum deposition systems
- Knowledge or ability to learn digital electronics (TTL logic, RS232, DeviceNet, EtherCAT)
- Experience working in or supporting a production semiconductor fab or equipment manufacturer
MKS Instruments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits coverage is often characterized as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision along with company-paid life and disability coverage. Wellness support is also present via programs such as diabetes management.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer match, a Roth option, and an employee stock purchase plan that supports longer-term saving and ownership. Profit-sharing is also described as available after meeting eligibility/vesting timelines.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Variable pay elements such as bonuses and performance-tied incentives are positioned as a consistent component of total rewards. Total compensation is frequently framed as including base pay plus bonus and, for some roles, equity-related components.
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What We Do
MKS Instruments enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading edge semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity and enable unique innovations for many of the world’s leading technology and industrial companies. Our solutions are critical to addressing the challenges of miniaturization and complexity in advanced device manufacturing by enabling increased power, speed, feature enhancement, and optimized connectivity. Our solutions are also critical to addressing ever-increasing performance requirements across a wide array of specialty industrial applications. Additional information can be found at www.mks.com
