Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and serve as a leading individual contributor to the concept, design, development, and test of system modules and integration, including electro-mechanical and electro-optical interfaces
- Test, evaluate, troubleshoot and diagnose electronic and electro-mechanical issues
- Coordinate development activity with consultants and outside organizations as necessary
- Meet project schedules and product specifications
- Identify/specify parts, components, and assemblies
- Work with key suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of critical components
- Design critical control elements for high-precision optical systems
- Regular reviews project updates and reviews
- Operate within a cross functional team, understand the needs and requirements of internal stakeholders as well as external customers
- Prepare and chair design reviews
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree or higher in electrical engineering or well-related field
- Demonstrated ability to conceive, design, and produce precision control systems of varying degrees of complexity
- Solid knowledge and understanding of analytical investigations of electrical/electronic/motion-control equipment, including diagnostic troubleshooting, motion analysis, timing diagrams for interacting components
- Working knowledge of position sensing and optical measuring components
- Simulation experience (e.g., SPICE, MATLAB)
- Solid ability to use test equipment (oscilloscopes, voltage probes, waveform generators, gauss meters, etc.)
- Experience working with and selecting linear motors and related supporting components
- An understanding of magnetic field interactions with solids and the potential for material heating and drag
- Experience working with and directing a collaborative, cross-functional team development effort
- Experience working with and managing suppliers of critical parts and components
- A working knowledge of C/C++ and Linux OS a plus
- Knowledge of and experience in light sources, optical sensors, and sensor fusion is a plus
- Experience in the semiconductor capital equipment industry and familiarity with UL, CE, SEMI, and RoHS standards is a major plus.
- Helicopter view, identify and understand priorities and main risks
- Highly pro-active, thinks ahead, reports issues and setbacks promptly
- Team player on all levels
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills