Senior Electrical Engineer

Kulicke & Soffa; Fort Washington (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kulicke & Soffa is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design for Die Bonder systems. You will collaborate with process, mechanical, software, and systems teams to define subsystems, design circuits, and debug at module and system levels.

You will also integrate internally developed and vendor designs. The role requires hands-on experience in embedded firmware, real-time control, and high-speed interfaces, along with strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with electrical design for high‑speed semiconductor equipment.
• Strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and debug electrical systems for industrial semiconductor equipment.
• Design and develop complex analog/digital circuits using microcontrollers and FPGAs.
• Create schematics, PCB layouts, and interface architectures; perform simulations and debugging.
• Develop high-speed digital interfaces (EtherCAT, TCP/IP, USB, I2C, SPI).
• Develop embedded firmware in C/C++ for microcontrollers, DSPs; implement real-time control algorithms.
• Create wiring diagrams and BOMs; manage data in Teamcenter and perform ECOs.
• Collaborate with external vendors on outsourced design and integration; support system bring‑up.

Skills

Embedded systems

Real-time control

Microcontrollers

FPGAs

Wiring diagrams / schematics / BOMs

Industrial control systems

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Master’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Intel FPGA

Renesas

Microchip

TI

Analog Devices DSPs

Teamcenter

Job description

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the electrical design and development of high‑speed, high‑precision semiconductor assembly equipment, specifically Die Bonders. This role requires close collaboration with cross‑functional engineering teams—including process, mechanical, software, and systems engineering—to define subsystem specifications, design electronic circuits and interconnections, and perform debugging at both module and system levels. The position will also involve system integration of designs developed internally as well as by external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and debug electrical systems for industrial semiconductor equipment.
• Design and develop complex Analog / digital electronic circuits and subsystems using microcontrollers and FPGAs
• Create schematics, PCB layouts, and interface architectures. Perform circuit simulation, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Develop high-speed digital interfaces using EtherCAT, TCP/IP, USB, I2C and SPI communication protocols.
• Develop embedded firmware for microcontrollers, DSPs, and real-time control systems. Program in C, C++, and other embedded development environments, Implement real-time control algorithms and machine interfaces. Support system bring-up, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Create Wiring diagram of different modules of the semiconductor assembly equipment, identify cables and define cable sizing for cable harnesses. Create BOMs, learn data management system Teamcenter and use it to release products doing ECOs and maintaining changes because of troubleshooting, obsoletion of parts, copy-exact requirement, and feedback from production.
• Collaborate effectively with external vendors and contractors on outsourced design and integration activities.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Develop technically sound and cost‑effective electrical design solutions.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong understanding of industrial control systems, including motors, sensors, solenoids, digital communication protocols.
• Proven experience in embedded systems, real time control system, firmware development using microcontrollers and FPGAs.
• Relevant experience with wiring diagram, creating schematics, BOMs and cable harnessing.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Preferred Tools and Technologies

Experience with the following tools or equivalent systems is highly desirable:

• Altium Designer (schematic capture and PCB layout)
• Intel FPGA, Renesas, Microchip, TI, Analog devices microcontrollers and DSPs
• Teamcenter or any Product Data Management (PDM) system

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a minimum of 7 years of relevant industry experience
• OR
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering with a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience