Electrical Engineer 3

Onto Innovation; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Paid time off (PTO)

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

Onto Innovation in Milpitas, CA is seeking a hands-on systems engineer to develop new system architecture for industrial control panels and PCB design, ensuring signal integrity, EMI/EMC, and safety compliance.

You will collaborate across teams, design test fixtures, work with suppliers, and travel up to 5% domestically and internationally; base salary range $108,000.00 - $162,000.00 per year, with annual bonus opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded systems, PLCs, FPGAs, or microcontrollers is highly desirable.
• Detail, structure, and process oriented with experience in operating within a product lifecycle process.
• Design and draft cables drawings for production use.
• Designing for international CE safety standards. Experience working with third party safety regulators a plus.
• Experience with semiconductor equipment motor, pneumatic, and temperature control systems.
• Experience defining and managing electrical interfaces between subsystems and vendors.
• Ability to support BOM selection, component standardization and lifecycle (OB) management.
• Experienced working with key module and component suppliers.
• Strong sense of urgency, discipline and accountability.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to resolve personnel conflicts communicate and influence across all levels of the organization.
• Strong problem solving, technical skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate, quantitative, and timely analysis.
• Exceptional oral, interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
• Out of the box thinker with creative solutions
• Must be able to work in the US

Responsibilities

• Develop new system architecture.
• Determine design requirements and solutions.
• Oversee industrial control panel and PCB design, layout, and bring-up, ensuring compliance with signal integrity, EMI/EMC, and safety standards.
• Collaborate with team members in solving difficult control challenges.
• Design and conduct experiments to characterize, troubleshoot, and improve complex lithography and optical inspection/metrology systems.
• Ensure designs meet regulatory and industry standards (e.g., SEMI, NFPA, CE, UL).
• Ability to design and build test fixtures for component and subsystem testing.
• Composition of procedures for construction or qualification of assembly.
• Work with manufacturing and QC to improve testing, troubleshooting protocols, and alignment of parts, components subassemblies and final assemblies.
• Innovative thinker capable of new and fresh ideas for problem solving.
• Travel domestic and international up to 5%.

Skills

Embedded systems

PLCs

FPGAs

Microcontrollers

Detail oriented

Regulatory awareness

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Communication

Job description

Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that include: 3D metrology spanning the chip from nanometer-scale transistors to micron-level die-interconnects; macro defect inspection of wafers and packages; metal interconnect composition; factory analytics; and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging. Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues. Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers’ critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

• Develop new system architecture
• Determine design requirements and solutions
• Oversee industrial control panel and PCB design, layout, and bring-up, ensuring compliance with signal integrity, EMI/EMC, and safety standards.
• Collaborate with team members in solving difficult control challenges
• Design and conduct experiments to characterize, troubleshoot, and improve complex lithography and optical inspection/metrology systems
• Ensure designs meet regulatory and industry standards (e.g., SEMI, NFPA, CE, UL).
• Ability to design and build test fixtures for component and subsystem testing
• Composition of procedures for construction or qualification of assembly
• Work with manufacturing and QC to improve testing, troubleshooting protocols, and alignment of parts, components, subassemblies and final assemblies
• Innovative thinker capable of new and fresh ideas for problem solving.
• Travel domestic and international up to 5%.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded systems, PLCs, FPGAs, or microcontrollers is highly desirable.
• Detail, structure, and process oriented with experience in operating within a product lifecycle process.
• Design and draft cables drawings for production use.
• Designing for international CE safety standards. Experience working with third party safety regulators a plus.
• Experience with semiconductor equipment motor, pneumatic, and temperature control systems.
• Experience defining and managing electrical interfaces between subsystems and vendors.
• Ability to support BOM selection, component standardization and lifecycle (OB) management.
• Experienced working with key module and component suppliers.
• Experienced in developing equipment with external partners to coordinate and collaborate total system requirements and objectives.
• Strong sense of urgency, discipline and accountability.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to resolve personnel conflicts communicate and influence across all levels of the organization.
• Strong problem solving, technical skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate, quantitative, and timely analysis.
• Exceptional oral, interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
• Out of the box thinker with creative solutions
• Must be able to work in the US

Why Join Onto Innovation?

At Onto Innovation, we believe your work should matter—and so should your well-being. That’s why we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family. From health, dental, and vision coverage to life and disability insurance, PTO, and a 401(k) with employer match, we’ve got you covered. You’ll also enjoy access to our Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), wellness initiatives, and cutting-edge tools—all within a collaborative, inclusive culture where your contributions are valued and recognized.

Compensation & Growth

Base Salary Range:

$108,000.00 - $162,000.00, offered in good faith and based on experience, location, and qualifications.

• Additional Rewards: Annual bonus opportunities and potential long-term incentives tied to both company and individual success.

Empowering Every Voice to Shape the Future:

Onto Innovation is committed to creating a workplace where every qualified candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed. We evaluate applicants based on skills, experience, and potential - without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe diversity of thought and background drives innovation and strengthens our team.

Important Note on Export Compliance

For certain positions requiring access to technical data, U.S. export licensing review may be necessary for applicants who are not U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, or other protected persons under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Onto Innovation stands alone in process control with our unique perspective across the semiconductor value chain.

Onto Innovation is a leading semiconductor technology company specializing in process control, offering advanced metrology, inspection, and analytics solutions to enhance yield and device performance.

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Location Milpitas, California, United States