Sr. Electron Optical Systems Design Engineer (Electron Optics)

Location: Milpitas, California, USA; onsite

Salary: $186,200–$273,067 annually

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics for electronics manufacturing.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture and development of electron optical subsystems for inspection, review, and metrology products.
• Define subsystem requirements, performance budgets, interfaces, technology roadmaps, and design reviews.
• Design and optimize electron sources, lenses, aberration correction, beam transport, detectors, deflection systems, and vacuum subsystems.
• Perform charged-particle simulations, aberration analysis, detector signal modeling, noise and SNR prediction, tolerance analysis, and calibration strategy development using MEBS, SIMION, Python, and custom frameworks.
• Plan and lead experimental validation, performance characterization, simulation correlation, calibration, alignment, and root-cause investigations.
• Support product qualification, manufacturing transition, issue resolution, and design-for-excellence improvements in collaboration with manufacturing, service, systems, software, and suppliers.

Requirements

• PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electron Optics, Electrical or Electromagnetics Engineering, Optical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in electron optics, charged-particle systems, semiconductor equipment, microscopy, or related fields.
• Strong expertise in several areas including electron sources, electron optics simulation, charged-particle optics, detector physics, high-voltage systems, vacuum systems, calibration methodologies, advanced SEM architecture, or aberration analysis and correction.
• Technical leadership experience in subsystem design, analysis, validation, and optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, vision, life, and other benefits.
• 401(k) with company matching and employee stock purchase program.
• Paid time off, company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.
• Tuition reimbursement, student debt assistance, financial planning, wellness, and career development programs.
• Responsible use of AI is supported, but AI or recording tools may not be used during interviews unless approved or invited.