Senior Mechanical Engineer

ProFound People; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Superannuation 12%

Flexible leave

Company events across Australia

Job summary

ProFound People Pty Ltd. in Sydney seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own a critical high-precision placement module for a novel semiconductor manufacturing machine.

You will design mechanisms delivering sub-micron accuracy and manage interfaces within a production-style tool. The role requires hands-on experience with precision engineering, cleanroom-compatible design, and FEA/tolerance analysis to ensure reliability and repeatability.

Qualifications

• Senior-level mechanical engineer with hands-on semiconductor tooling experience.
• Experience designing high-load precision mechanisms with sub-micron accuracy.
• Proven track record from concept to production tool.
• Cleanroom-compatible design and contamination control.
• Experience with wet processing and corrosive chemical handling.

Responsibilities

• Own a high-precision placement module and its interfaces.
• Design mechanisms for sub-micron accuracy and stability.
• Perform FEA, tolerance studies, and hand calculations.
• Build and verify prototypes with testing and data packs.
• Produce GD&T drawings and design rationale.

Skills

High-precision design

FEA/structural analysis

GD&T

Cleanroom design

Tools

Hybrid bonding heads

Thermocompression bonding

Nanoimprint lithography

Wafer-to-wafer bonding

Job description

RELOCATION/VISA – Full relocation and visa sponsorship available for the right candidate

My client is a fast-growing deep-tech startup developing a novel manufacturing process. They are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their team in Sydney on a permanent basis and take ownership of a critical high-precision placement module.

The role

• Own a high-precision placement module, including its interfaces, for a novel semiconductor manufacturing machine.
• Design mechanisms that hold sub-micron accuracy.
• Develop novel designs for nanometer-scale stability, accuracy and repeatability, accounting for thermal expansion, vibration and structural response.
• Apply precision design fundamentals: design for stiffness, flexure mechanisms, exact constraint design, metrology loop isolation and material selection.
• Own and quantify the error budget for your module.
• Run structural, modal and thermal FEA, tolerance studies and perform hand calculations.
• Build, test and verify your own prototypes.
• Produce engineering data packs with drawings, GD&T and documented design rationale.

About you

• Senior-level mechanical engineer with hands-on experience designing mechanical placement or imprint processes in semiconductor tooling.
• Experience with tools such as hybrid or thermocompression bonding heads, nanoimprint lithography, wafer-to-wafer bonding and bond alignment, flip-chip and advanced die attach, or contact and proximity mask aligners.
• Proven record of designing, building and verifying a high-load precision mechanism that holds sub-micron accuracy.
• Led projects from concept and prototype through to a product or production tool.
• Contamination control and design for cleanroom compatibility.
• Wet processing and corrosive chemical handling.

What’s in it for you

• Competitive remuneration package, including early-stage equity.
• 12% superannuation.
• Flexible leave and a strong work-life balance.
• Collaborative, people-first culture with company-wide events across Australia.