Wire bonding Technician

Anduril Industries; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Lexington, MA, is seeking a Wire Bonding Technician to join the Imaging team. You will package and assemble infrared image sensors, wire bond them into ceramic packages, and perform visual and electrical inspections in a cleanroom environment.

Collaborating with engineers, you will handle silicon wafers, test equipment, and sensor assemblies, ensuring high precision and data collection for imaging solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with precision test and measurement equipment for development or production hardware.
• Experience collecting data from devices under test (DUTs) using test and inspection equipment.
• Experience with delicate hardware such as microelectronics assemblies and ultra fine motor skills.
• Willingness to work a 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM standard shift.
• U.S. Person status is required due to export controlled data access.

Responsibilities

• Package, test and wire bond custom infrared image sensors in a clean room environment.
• Handle and test silicon wafers in automated probe test station.
• Wire bond image sensors into custom ceramic packages using a wire bonder.
• Visually and electrically inspect fully packaged sensor chip assemblies (SCAs).
• Install SCA into liquid nitrogen high vacuum test station.
• Perform most tasks inside the cleanroom and operate custom test equipment to collect image data.

Skills

Precision testing

Fine motor skills

Data collection

Tools

SolidWorks

MATLAB

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

The Anduril Imaging team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems, deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies. The hardware team is responsible for the development and production support of hardware used in infrared imaging products. The microelectronics technician is responsible for integrating, testing, and troubleshooting microelectronics that are used inside the infrared camera systems. They will also be responsible for maintaining and operating the test equipment used inside of a clean room space and cryogenic operations.

About The Job

We are seeking a Wire Bonding Technician to join our team, focusing on the packaging and assembly of custom infrared image sensors. In this role, you will collaborate with engineers in a clean room environment to handle and test silicon wafers, wire bond image sensors into ceramic packages, and perform visual and electrical inspections of sensor chip assemblies. Your expertise will be essential in operating custom test equipment to collect image data. If you have a strong background in microelectronics and precision measurement, we invite you to apply and contribute to our innovative imaging solutions.

What You'll Do

• Work with engineers to package, test and wire bond custom infrared image sensors in a clean room environment
• Handle and test silicon wafers in automated probe test station
• Handle, mount, and wire bond image sensors into custom ceramic packages using a wire ball bonder
• Visual and electrical inspection of fully packaged sensor chip assemblies (SCAs)
• SCA installation into liquid nitrogen high vacuum test station
• Majority of the tasks will be done inside our cleanroom
• Operate custom test equipment to collect image data using automated tools

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years experience working with precision test and measurement equipment for development or production hardware
• Experience collecting data from devices under test (DUTs) using test and inspection equipment
• Experience working with delicate hardware such as microelectronics assemblies and performing ultra fine motor skill tasks
• Willingness to work a 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM standard shift
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working within a clean room environment
• Experience with microelectronics packaging such as wirebonders and custom imprints
• Experience with electrical cabling assemblies, soldering, crimping and debug
• Proficiency with SolidWorks and scripting/automation languages (MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW)

US Hourly Range

$41.35—$54.81 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

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