Sr. Electrical Engineer - Nova Ltd.

The Material Metrology Division at Nova is looking for a highly technical and motivated individual to support our growth in the semiconductor material metrology segment in Fremont, CA. You will have the opportunity to develop electronics and electrical systems for metrology systems, where your analog circuit and mixed-signal design skills can be fully utilized. Materials Metrology Technology - Nova (novami.com) You will participate in a team of electrical engineers and work directly with scientists to deliver innovative electrical/electronic solutions from research pathfinding to product realization. About Us - Nova Ltd. (formerly Nova Measuring Instruments) - Nova (novami.com)

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer specializing in analog and mixed-signal circuit board design. This role involves translating requirements into conceptual circuits, overseeing PCBA design (including schematic creation and layout), conducting board bring-up, executing comprehensive verification and validation processes, and adeptly troubleshooting and debugging issues. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and external contract manufacturing partners, ensuring seamless communication and the timely release of design prints and documentation.  

Pay Range: $135,000 -175,000 Annually (DOE)

About us:

• Nova provides insights into process control in the world’s most technologically advanced industry. We employ physics, mathematics, algorithms, software and hardware expertise to redefine the limits of what is possible in semiconductor manufacturing.
• We invite you to join our dreamers and winners and brilliant high- aimers who see impossible as the starting point to exciting challenges, and work together in multidisciplinary global teams to find answers.
• We dive deep to extract unique insights and provide our customers and partners with crucial decision-making data. Each and every one of us helps redefine what people can achieve through technology.

Why Nova:

• Certified Best Places to Work from "Great Places to Work" in 2022 & 2023 (Rated by our employees) Top 30 in our industry category 
• Doubled in revenue from 2020 to 2022
• Customer focus: We value building strong relationships. You'll be the face of Nova, working closely with customers to understand their needs.
• Continuous learning: We're passionate about growth. You'll gain in-depth knowledge of cutting-edge metrology tools, participate in industry trainings, and receive ongoing mentorship from experienced engineers.

• Design mixed-signal circuit, firmware, and controllers for material metrology systems.
• Write subsystem requirements, design PCBA (Schematic, layout), develop firmware, perform board bring-up, execute verification and validation, troubleshoot/debug and provide solutions to fix issues, work with cross functional team and contract manufacturing vendors, and release design files and documents.    
• Help to advance technology with our customers. Work with cross-functional team to brainstorm idea and retire risks, exercise good design practices, and hold design reviews. 
• Design high quality products and launch products per project plans.         

• Bachelor of Science/Master of Science, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering or related fields
• 5+ years of industry work experience
• Proficient in using electronic components such as diodes, BJTs, FETs, filters, operational amplifiers, instrumentation amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc. within circuit design
• Proficient in conducting board-level (PCBA) analog and mixed-signal circuit analysis and design, encompassing schematic creation, layout, best design practice, DFM and DFT
• Proficient in design and implement electrical design verification and characterization tests with solid understanding of hardware design and manufacturing test parameters. This includes generating test plans for functional and verification and validation testing, as well as writing and executing test scripts required for specific test phases, preferably Python
• Proficient in diagnostic and troubleshooting from component to system level debugging and root cause analysis, design failure mode and effect analysis (DFMEA)
• Proficient in PCB CAD tools, preferably Altium
• Proficient in utilizing oscilloscopes, waveform generator and other lab equipment
• Experienced in product life cycle design, encompassing the formulation of system and PCBA requirements, facilitating design reviews, and releasing of design documents via the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process
• Familiar in high voltage circuit and PCBA design, ex. 5KV, 20KV
• Enthusiastic self-starter with a strong drive for learning and goal achievement. Collaborative team player with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, committed to fostering effective teamwork and achieving collective objectives