Senior System Engineer

The Nova Engineering Team is looking for a System Engineer to work with Design Engineers, Product Managers and Researchers to participate in the ongoing development, integration and characterization of novel metrology solutions across several product lines. The selected person will be part of a highly skilled and efficient team of System Engineers with significant combined experience in instrumentation for Semiconductor production environment. This position provides an opportunity to have a large impact in a rapidly growing division and industry.

Pay Range: $ 145,000 - $170,000 Annually (DOE)

• Nova provides insights into process control in the world’s most technologically advanced industry. We employ physics, mathematics, algorithms, software and hardware expertise to redefine the limits of what is possible in semiconductor manufacturing.
•  We invite you to join our dreamers and winners and brilliant high- aimers who see impossible as the starting point to exciting challenges, and work together in multidisciplinary global teams to find answers.
• We dive deep to extract unique insights and provide our customers and partners with crucial decision-making data. Each and every one of us helps redefine what people can achieve through technology.  

We simply do things differently. What about you?

What will you do as a Sr. Systems Engineer?

• System Engineers play a key role throughout the entire Product Life Cycle from the inception and validation of new ideas to final product release, product roadmap and field testing.
• Our ideal candidate would be a highly motivated individual with broad experience in applied high vacuum systems for electron beam and x-rays related technologies.
• The candidate must have high proficiency in hands-on work and demonstrate the ability to design, build, and use complex vacuum systems with high-end metrology equipment such as stages, gauges, cameras, lasers, detectors, spectrometers, electron beam analysis equipment, etc. The candidate must have a proven record on accomplishments in R&D and engineering.
• Propose solutions for customer problems, validate the concepts of the proposed solutions and initiate development and implementation of these solutions.
• Conduct error budget analysis, modeling, and simulation for proposed architectures.
• Participates in the Design and Testing phase of the component (sub-system), ensures that the design complies with the requirements.
• Own the design and integration of new components or sub-systems into the product and characterize its behavior at full product performance.
• Develop procedures for and trains Manufacturing, Service and Applications in all aspects of the new component or sub-system as it relates to the complete system - assembly, calibration, testing and end-user operation. 

 What will help you to succeed in the role?

• Problem solving skills for resolution of system level challenges at every phase of the Product Lifecycle
• Willingness to participate in field activities for new product release or challenging customer issues
• Customer management skills that build relationships with internal and external customers
• Interface with supporting organization and our Advanced Technology group to define and drive the product development roadmap

• MS or PhD in Physics or relevant engineering field with more than 5-10 years of experience in semiconductor or other large capital equipment markets
• Ability to develop and validate end to end system models for complex mapping of multidimensional electromechanical systems into predicted performance.
• Lead effort to build, run and maintain experimental systems, prototype, and beta systems as well as provide engineering support for field systems.
• Design and incorporate metrology equipment (cameras, detectors, etc..) and vacuum hardware
• Resolve technical problems in development, and maintenance of research Hardware/Equipment
• Must be able to balance independent work, accountability and ownership of complex problems with teamwork, collaboration and sense of joint purpose.
• Drive for high quality work product with focus on the Customer’s problem at hand and understanding of timeline, budget and other practical constraints
• Educated and experienced in general scientific thinking and approach to problem solving. He / She has consistent, logical and analytical approach to solving problems with good reasoning skills.
• Can design and execute high-precision measurements and process the data accordingly and provide critical thinking with data meaning.
• Good organizational, interpersonal, leadership and project management skills.
• Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Must be able to work from the corporate office.

 Nice to Have:

• Technical expertise in design and simulation of electron-optics, electron columns, XPS, or SIMS
• System integration and characterization skills combining critical thinking and scientific intuition
• Familiar with the concept and high-level implementation of complex control systems and real-time data processing
• Working knowledge of high voltage components in the 5kV range. Familiar with basic high-voltage best practices.
• Hands on experience working with hardware components, basic electronics modules and diagnostics instrumentation.
• Working knowledge of clean vacuum systems (1e-7 torr) and vacuum-related design is a plus.
• Experience with Machine Learning and AI tools to help add efficiency to engineering development and prototyping.
• Modeling experience with MatLab, Python or other relevant modeling tools. 

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, managing 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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