Principal Electrical Engineer

EE Technical Manager

Lead the electrical system design, development, integration, and troubleshooting of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and precision instrumentation.

Pay Range: $190,000–$220,000 Annually (DOE)

About the Role

This role is focused on system-level electrical architecture and hands-on engineering execution, from translating system requirements into electrical architectures through detailed design, integration, verification, and production release.

As a technical leader and individual contributor, you will work closely with systems engineers, scientists, firmware/software engineers, mechanical engineers, manufacturing, suppliers, and other cross-functional teams to develop reliable, production-ready systems.

Key Responsibilities

Electrical System Architecture & Design

• Lead the electrical system architecture and design of complex semiconductor capital equipment and precision instrumentation
• Translate system-level requirements into electrical architectures, subsystem specifications, interfaces, power distribution, grounding, protection, and control strategies
• Define electrical subsystem boundaries, interfaces, design tradeoffs, and technical requirements
• Develop system-level power, signal, grounding, shielding, safety, and electromagnetic compatibility strategies

Subsystem Design & Integration

• Design and integrate electrical subsystems including high-voltage power supplies, analog/mixed-signal electronics, low-noise circuits, digital electronics, embedded controllers, sensors, actuators, and communication interfaces
• Establish and drive electrical system design standards, architectures, and best practices to ensure reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, scalability, and overall system performance

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical direction and engineering leadership across electrical design activities
• Mentor engineers on complex technical challenges
• Guide cross-functional teams in making sound electrical system and design decisions

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 10+ years of industry experience in electrical hardware design and development

Semiconductor Capital Equipment & Instrumentation

• Hands-on experience developing semiconductor capital equipment, metrology systems, analytical instruments, or precision instrumentation
• Ability to design and integrate electronics used in demanding environments requiring high precision, low noise, high voltage, fast control, and high system reliability
• Ability to collaborate with scientists and systems engineers to understand instrument physics, measurement requirements, and system performance constraints
• Experience with mass spectrometers, ion optics, vacuum instrumentation, mass analyzers, detectors, or related analytical instrumentation is highly desirable

PCBA & Hardware Development

• Drive hardware development from requirements and architecture through schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, prototype build, bring-up, verification, and production release
• Design and review analog, mixed-signal, digital, high-voltage, and embedded electronics
• Lead or technically review schematic designs, PCB layouts, component selections, and hardware design documentation
• Perform circuit simulation, design analysis, signal integrity/power integrity analysis, and electrical design trade studies as appropriate

Verification, Validation & Qualification

• Define and lead electrical system verification and validation strategies based on system requirements and product specifications
• Develop verification plans, test specifications, test cases, test procedures, and acceptance criteria
• Design test fixtures and develop automated and manual test methodologies
• Analyze test data and document results, failures, root causes, and corrective actions

System Integration, Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis

• Lead complex electrical system integration and troubleshooting of prototype and production equipment
• Troubleshoot issues involving power distribution, analog/mixed-signal circuits, high-voltage systems, digital electronics, embedded controllers, communication interfaces, sensors, and instrumentation
• Develop structured approaches to diagnose failures across multiple electrical and electromechanical subsystems
• Analyze system performance and test data to identify design weaknesses and drive corrective actions
• Support prototype bring-up, factory acceptance, field troubleshooting, and sustaining engineering activities

About Nova

Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) is a global company and a leading provider of innovative metrology solutions for process control in semiconductor manufacturing.

With a team of ~1200 people in three R&D centers and 27 field offices, Nova brings insights into the world's most advanced industry. The company leverages multiple technology fields such as physics, optics, chemistry, and algorithms to develop hardware and software solutions that measure almost every advanced computer chip built in the world.

Nova dives deep into dimensions and layers at the atomic level to extract unique insights and provide customers with crucial decision-making data, managing critical challenges by providing unique, differentiated solutions.

Materials Metrology Division

The Materials Metrology Division is a competitive and familial environment. The team works together, individually, to drive the success of the business using a winning attitude.

Our Culture

Nova's outstanding people-focused and innovative culture means every person at Nova has the power to make an impact and significantly redefine what people can achieve through technology.

We invite brilliant high-aimers who see the impossible as the starting point to exciting challenges and work together in multidisciplinary global teams to find answers.

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