Senior R&D Electrical Engineer

MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ULTRA t Equipment Company, Inc. is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our CVD equipment design, build, and test group.

You will contribute to energy-enhanced CVD chemistry, processes, and systems, designing, building, and integrating components and controls for thin‑film deposition equipment, and interfacing with our automation software engineering team. The role includes supporting application specific projects, demonstrating equipment capabilities, and exploring new engineering

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or closely related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 5+ years’ post-degree experience with CVD thin-film deposition equipment, esp. energy-enhanced methods.
• Hands-on design, build and operation of CVD equipment, including vacuum systems.
• PLC design/integration for deposition equipment systems and components.
• Experience designing PCBs from schematic to layout to manufacturing.
• Documentation of qualifications via reports, publications, or presentations.

Responsibilities

• Design and build components and controls for thin-film deposition equipment, interfacing with components, systems, and software groups.
• Support application-specific projects and demonstrate equipment capabilities.
• Explore new engineering principles for thin-film applications and contribute to R&D efforts.

Skills

CVD deposition

PLC design

PCB design

Laser systems

FEA

Cleanroom

Photochemistry concepts

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks CAD EE

Job description

ULTRA t Equipment Company is looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer for our CVD equipment design, build, and test group with specific experience in energy enhanced CVD chemistry, processes, and systems. The role is a major contributor in research and development efforts designing, building, and integrating components and controls for thin-film deposition equipment based on novel CVD processes, and will require direct interaction with our components, systems, and automation software engineering group. In addition, the engineer will support application specific projects demonstrating the equipment capabilities, and exploring new engineering principles for thin-film applications.

ULTRA t Equipment Company, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets process equipment to the microelectronics industry. For further information, please visit www.ultrat.com.

Required qualifications:

• BS minimum (advanced degree preferred) in Electrical Engineering (or relevant engineering/science field).
• 5 years of professional experience (post-degree) with CVD thin-film deposition equipment. Especially techniques that use plasma, laser, or other energy enhancement.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with the design, build, and operation of thin-film deposition equipment, processes, process monitoring, analysis techniques, and vacuum systems used in CVD applications.
• PLC design and integration experience for thin-film deposition equipment systems, modules, and components.
• Experience with full cycle design of PCBs from schematics to layout to manufacturing.
• Example report, publication, presentation, or similar documentation of qualifications and experience required.

Additional skills:

Laser systems (optics, sources, and applications), SolidWorks CAD EE experience designing complete process systems (detailed 3D models of components, assemblies, and systems), microelectronics product/application development, Finite Element Analysis, cleanroom, photochemistry concepts and applications, chemical characterization, project management, design of experiments (collecting and analyzing complex data sets), International Standards (SEMI, CE, UL, etc.), technical sales, small business environment, marketing, publishing and presenting of research work.