Senior Design Engineer (Semiconductor Machinery Hardware)
Core
Designing and reimagining semiconductor machinery hardware components for AI-native manufacturing systems, focusing on additive manufacturing and first-principles design.
Role type
Senior IC mechanical design engineer (semiconductor hardware)
Builds
Semiconductor fabrication equipment components (wafer handling, vacuum chambers, thermal systems, fluid delivery, lithography tools)
Domain
Semiconductor equipment / Hardware engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Mechanical engineering, semiconductor fabrication hardware knowledge, part design, design-for-manufacturing, systems-level understanding, materials science, tolerances, thermal/structural behavior analysis, additive manufacturing
Preferred skills
10+ years experience, wafer handling/vacuum hardware design, metal manufacturing processes (additive/casting/forging), mentoring, first-principles reasoning, strategic thinking
Technologies
Additive manufacturing, vacuum systems, thermal management, fluid delivery systems, precision optics mounts, lithography tool components
Responsibilities
Drive part design and redesign for semiconductor machinery hardware, develop component-level understanding of requirements and constraints, lead first-principles part redesigns leveraging additive manufacturing, define and evaluate design concepts with expert command of materials and tolerances, serve as a senior technical resource resolving advanced design questions, partner with internal teams to drive feasibility and execution, lead technical engagements with customer engineering teams, identify new application spaces for technology improvements, shape product and technology roadmap
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC