Job Description

Electronic Engineer

Are you naturally curious?

So are we at MKS. Our collective curiosity drives us to be an innovation leader in many industries.

Our products drive technology advancements across a wide range of applications such as 5G, augmented/virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, clean drinking water and space exploration. We are a team of collaborators who value fresh thinking and believe in mutual respect, constructive candor, diversity, and inclusion.

MKS Instruments Power Solutions products provide plasma generation and control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing processes. We are a key supplier to the world’s largest electronics producers and are currently experiencing tremendous growth. As the semiconductor manufacturing industry is continuing to push the envelope in terms of device density, wafer uniformity, and device speed, high-speed plasma control becomes a significant technical challenge. These challenges require innovative thinking and inquisitive engineering minds. If this is appealing to you, we want to meet you.

This Electronic Engineer will work on high-power RF and DC generators used in semiconductor fabrication. You will ensure product designs are of the highest quality to meet customer requirements.

Duties Include:

• Sustain and improve high-power RF generators rated 400KHz to 60MHz, and DC generators up to 100kW.
• Analysis to determine the root cause of failure on production yield fall-out and customer returns. Provide corrective action, recommendations, and document analysis results.
• Plan and conduct RF testing, DC testing, HASS/HALT, circuit analysis, troubleshooting, modeling, failure duplication, and device analysis.
• Technical support to application engineers and help to solve difficult on-site engineering problems; act as Customer/Sales interface to China customers within the Engineering organization.
• Work on second source component qualification. Interface with suppliers, customers, manufacturing, and materials organizations.
• Provide training to other teams including Application, Manufacturing, and Test Engineering.
• Work with the Shenzhen factory; the Sustaining Engineering Team reports to US Engineering.
• Support U.S. New Product Development Engineering and Technical Operations in product release activities (incl. test fixture design, test procedures, and assembly fixture design)
• Support design documentation & configuration control of released products. (Special Product Requests, Engineering Change Orders)

What you bring:

• B.S. in Electronic Engineering or other technical-related field
• Strong curiosity and interest in solving problems-likes to find the root cause of failure, and interest in RF/DC technology
• 1+ years of experience (school and co-ops count) in at least 1 of these: building circuit prototypes, developing test methods/fixtures, troubleshooting electronics circuits with lab equipment
• Interest in understanding the root cause of failure and RF/DC technology

MKS Instruments, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity employer. We solicit and hire applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected category. Our policy is to employ the most qualified applicants. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with company policies and federal and state guidelines.

As MKS is a federal contractor, it must comply with the Biden Administration’s federal contractor vaccine mandate (the “Contractor Mandate”) if it is reinstated by the courts. Should you receive and accept an offer of employment, you will be asked whether you are fully vaccinated or whether you will apply for an exemption (due to a (a) qualifying medical condition, certified by your healthcare provider or (b) sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance that prevents you from receiving the vaccine) in the event MKS must enforce a mandatory vaccination policy in the future. Please be aware that if the Contractor Mandate is reinstated and you choose to remain unvaccinated without an approved exemption, MKS will not be able to continue to employ you. Unless and until the Contractor Mandate is reinstated, all employees who have not shown proof of vaccination must comply with additional safety protocols, including COVID-19 testing requirements, subject to applicable law.