Systems Engineer III; E3

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Optical systems engineer to support product development activities of a complex, high performance, optical lithography system with applications in the advanced packaging market. Contribute in all phases of the product development cycle from customer requirements, system specifications, design, prototyping, verification, validation, manufacturing, install and field support. Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in working with advanced optical based products in a volume manufacturing environment within a data driven company culture.

Self‑motivated to lead team projects requiring multi‑disciplinary team members to successful demonstrated results.

• Be part of an engineering team to identify the scope, constraints and risks for design, fabrication, testing and volume production of advanced optical components for high performance optical lithography system.
• Use project management skills to lead subsystem and optical assembly projects. Plan, schedule, monitor, and execute projects by leading cross functional teams to meet success criteria.
• Collaborate and communicate with suppliers during design of critical optical sub‑assemblies.
• Develop and maintain error budgets and define subsystem level requirements to be characterized and validated during the system alpha testing phase for current and future products.
• Use customer and system requirements to derive design specifications for subsystems, modules, and components and provide input to design engineers throughout the design process.
• Define and execute system test plans for prototype acceptance/qualification test of subsystems, modules, and components.
• Design and execute experiments (DOE) to validate system error budgets, assess and mitigate system performance risks.
• Execute system level experiments for concept and feasibility testing of key roadmap HW & SW features.
• Troubleshoot and root cause complex system level issues in MFG and field.
• Implement new or improved system diagnostics and calibrations. Validate through testing.
• Develop and maintain optical metrology HW and SW to enable automated measurement of key performance metrics of optical assemblies.
• Support system MFG activities and support customer site teams to resolve critical issues during install, qualification, and production use.
• Support escalations pertaining to manufacturing of optical modules and failure analysis of field return modules.
• Write and present technical reports summarizing findings and recommending solutions to technical problems.

• MS or PhD in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, and/or related fields.
• 0 - 7 Years of Experience

• Hands on experience with designing, assembling, calibrating, and using complex opto‑mechanical instrumentation or systems that incorporate light sources, optical sensors, lenses, filters, etc.
• Experience with…