Component Engineer

MKS Instruments, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

MKS Instruments in Bengaluru seeks a Component Engineer to partner with business units to research, validate, and maintain electronic components data and documentation. You will report to the Bangalore Component Engineering Manager and collaborate with design, manufacturing, and purchasing teams.

The role focuses on identifying alternates for COTS/OEM components, performing form-fit-function checks, managing obsolescence, and ensuring documentation meets MKS standards including BoMs and RoHS

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in electrical hardware components engineering.
• Experience reading electrical schematics and evaluating component compatibility.
• Familiarity with ECO processes, product BOMs, and design documentation.
• Experience with obsolescence management; Silicon Experts preferred.
• Knowledge of safety/regulatory compliance for electrical components.

Responsibilities

• Identify alternates for COTS/OEM electrical and electromechanical components.
• Perform form, fit and function checks for components.
• Manage obsolescence and source alternatives.
• Create complete design documentation: drawings, BoMs, RoHS certificates.
• Coordinate with design, manufacturing, and purchasing; collaborate with suppliers to ensure manufacturability and cost optimization.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Schematic reading

ECO process

BOM management

Obsolescence management

PLM systems

SAP/Oracle ERP

Communication skills

Education

Electrical & Electronics Engineering degree

Tools

Agile PLM

SAP ERP

Oracle ERP

Job description

A Day in Your Life at MKS: As a Component Engineer at MKS Global Capability Center Bangalore, you will partner with MKS Business Units to research, validate, and maintain electronic components’ engineering data and documentation. In this role, you will report to the Bangalore Component Engineering Manager.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Identify and select alternates for COTS/OEM electrical, electronic, and electromechanical components, including connectors, cables, cable assemblies, PCBAs, capacitors, resistors, circuit breakers, wires, fans, fuses, relays, etc.
• Perform Form, Fit, and Function compatibility checks for electronic components
• Obsolescence management, sourcing and evaluating alternative components
• Complete documentation of designs conforming to MKS documentation standards including detail and assembly drawings, BoMs, RoHS certificates
• Closely coordinate with design engineering, manufacturing, and purchasing
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to ensure solutions are manufacturable, cost-optimized, and meet quality requirements.

Skills You Bring:

• 3+ years experience and professional degree Electrical & Electronics Engineering.
• Experience with electrical hardware designs and reading electrical schematics
• Experience with Engineering Change Order process, product BOMs, design changes documentation, and new product introduction
• Experience with obsolescence management, Silicon Experts preferred
• Working knowledge of safety and regulatory compliance for electrical components
• Proficiency with enterprise PLM systems- Agile, ERP systems- SAP/Oracle, and component intelligence databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for 80% of the time
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery
• This job operates in a professional office and laboratory environment

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.

At MKS, it's all about courage, big ideas, and a serious passion for innovation. Winning here is about exploring possibilities, taking action, and solving our customers’ toughest challenges. It's not just a job – it's what you make of it. While you shape your role and make it unique, we invest in you with on-the-job and formal training, as well as educational assistance. Curiosity is key at MKS - ask questions, own your path.

Our success comes from celebrating the unique skills, diverse perspectives, and lived experience of employees from over 100 countries. The goal is to make sure that everyone feels that they belong. Diversity isn't just a nice-to-have; making sure everyone feels included is a big deal for us.

Our group of ~10,000 employees serves semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial markets.

With over 3,800 patents, our products are enabling advancements in 5G, renewable energy & storage, artificial intelligence, cloud technology, and big data.

We're the behind-the-scenes support for some amazing technology.

MKS Instruments enables technologies that transform our world.

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