Senior Systems Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze customer specifications, tool requirements, and statements of work to derive complete and verifiable system requirements
• Develop and maintain: System-level performance and functional requirements, Subsystem and component-level requirements for optics, illumination, mechanics, electronics, software, and algorithms
• Ensure requirements are: Quantitative, unambiguous, and verifiable, Aligned with customer acceptance criteria and internal development standards, System Architecture & Technical Execution
• Define and maintain system architecture and interfaces across multidisciplinary teams, Allocate performance budgets (optical, thermal, mechanical stability, timing, reliability), Lead technical trade studies to support architecture and design decisions
• Identify and mitigate technical risks related to performance, manufacturability, and cost, Verification, Validation & Manufacturing Support
• Define verification and validation (V&V) plans aligned with customer acceptance tests, Ensure requirements traceability to verification methods (analysis, inspection, test)
• Support integration, system bring-up, and factory acceptance testing, Cross-Functional & Customer Interaction
• Act as the technical interface between: Customers and field engineering teams, Optical, mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing engineers, Program management and operations
• Support customer technical reviews and requirement clarifications, Contribute to proposal development and technical responses

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering for complex electro-optical products
• Demonstrated experience with: Requirements development and flow-down, System architecture and interface definition, Verification and validation planning
• Working knowledge of optical inspection or imaging systems
• Experience working directly from customer-provided specifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related engineering discipline
• Experience with semiconductor inspection, metrology, or lithography systems
• Familiarity with requirements management tools
• Understanding of SEMI standards and high-volume manufacturing environments