Mixed-Signal Hardware Engineer — Embedded & Low-Power

KLA; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

KLA Milpitas seeks a Mixed-Signal Hardware Design Engineer to design instrumented wafer products, integrating precision sensors, embedded electronics, and power management in constrained environments. You will own design decisions and validation from concept through production, collaborating across firmware, systems, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes independent ownership, rigorous debugging, and clear architectural tradeoffs to meet performance, power, and

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience designing and developing electronic hardware products.
• Experience with mixed-signal circuit design including analog and digital electronics.
• Experience developing schematics and supporting PCB design and integration.
• Hands-on laboratory experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and other test equipment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience driving technical investigations and debugging efforts using root-cause analysis.
• Ability to independently execute subsystem designs with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop mixed-signal electrical subsystems for advanced instrumented wafer products.
• Define electrical architectures and evaluate design tradeoffs related to performance, power consumption, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
• Develop low-power analog and digital circuitry for sensing, measurement, and embedded applications.
• Select and integrate sensors, ADCs, microcontrollers, memory devices, batteries, communication interfaces, and power-management circuitry.
• Create schematics and drive PCB/substrate development through design reviews and release.
• Develop system-level performance requirements, error budgets, and measurement specifications.
• Define calibration strategies and support measurement traceability and accuracy requirements.
• Develop and execute validation plans, electrical characterization activities, and design verification testing.
• Lead technical investigations, troubleshoot complex hardware issues, and drive root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate closely with firmware, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and product engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Skills

Mixed-signal design

Schematic design

PCB design

Hardware debugging

Root-cause analysis

Independent work

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Cadence

PADS

LTspice

MATLAB

Python

Job description

KLA Milpitas seeks a Mixed-Signal Hardware Design Engineer to design instrumented wafer products, integrating precision sensors, embedded electronics, and power management in constrained environments. You will own design decisions and validation from concept through production, collaborating across firmware, systems, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes independent ownership, rigorous debugging, and clear architectural tradeoffs to meet performance, power, and