Design Engineer (Semiconductor Machinery Hardware)
Core
Design and redesign semiconductor fabrication hardware components, leveraging additive manufacturing to enable new geometries and performance regimes.
Role type
Senior IC mechanical design engineer (semiconductor machinery)
Builds
Semiconductor fabrication equipment parts including wafer handling systems, vacuum chambers, thermal management hardware, and lithography tool components.
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Precision hardware engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Mechanical design, additive manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication equipment knowledge, materials science, thermal management, vacuum system design, tolerance analysis, structural analysis, first-principles design, system-level reasoning
Preferred skills
Experience with UHV systems, gas delivery systems, precision optics mounts, deposition tool components
Technologies
CAD tools, simulation software, additive manufacturing systems
Responsibilities
Drive part design and redesign for wafer handling, robotic end-effectors, vacuum chambers, thermal management hardware, gas delivery systems, and lithography tool components; Develop component-level requirements and system constraints; Rethink part design from first principles to enable new geometries and consolidated assemblies; Evaluate design concepts regarding materials, tolerances, thermal/structural behavior, and production scalability; Independently answer advanced technical questions on design tradeoffs and production scalability