Senior Electronic Engineer – High-Power RF/DC Systems

MKS Inc.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 88,425 - 147,375; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

12 paid holidays

15 paid vacation days

Parental leave (6 weeks)

Job summary

MKS Instruments in Rochester, NY, is seeking a Sr. Electronic Engineer to partner with Sustaining Engineering on high-power RF and DC generators for semiconductor fabrication. You will implement design changes, create and validate new assemblies, and work across design, application, manufacturing and test teams.

Interaction with customers internal and external is expected. The role requires a BS in Electronic Engineering, 5+ years of experience, and strong problem-solving abilities with RF/DC

Qualifications

• A B.S. in Electronic Engineering or another technically related field.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• A strong curiosity and interest to understand the root cause of failures in RF/DC technology.
• An ability to use lab equipment such as meters, oscilloscopes, function generators etc.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• An ability to work independently under minimum supervision.

Responsibilities

• Sustain and improve high power RF generators rated 400KHz to 60MHz, up to 100kW.
• Perform analysis to determine root cause of failure on production yield fall-out and customer returns. Provide corrective action, recommendations, and document analysis results.
• Plan and conduct RF/DC testing, circuit analysis, trouble shooting, modeling, failure duplication and device analysis down to the component level.
• Provide technical support to application engineers and help to solve on-site engineering problems.
• Work on second source component qualification. Interface with suppliers, customers, manufacturing and materials organizations.
• Support design documentation & configuration control of released products. (Special Product Requests, Engineering Change Orders)

Skills

B.S. in EE

5+ years experience

Root-cause analysis

Strong communication

Independent work

Education

B.S. in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Function Generator

Job description

MKS Instruments in Rochester, NY, is seeking a Sr. Electronic Engineer to partner with Sustaining Engineering on high-power RF and DC generators for semiconductor fabrication. You will implement design changes, create and validate new assemblies, and work across design, application, manufacturing and test teams.

Interaction with customers internal and external is expected. The role requires a BS in Electronic Engineering, 5+ years of experience, and strong problem-solving abilities with RF/DC