Systems Engineer IV (E4) (Electrical Interconnections and Subsystem Communications)

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States; travel required 20% of the time; relocation is not available.

Salary: $161,000–$221,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops materials science and engineering solutions and equipment for semiconductor chips and advanced displays.

What you will do

• Define system-level electrical interconnect architecture, including harnesses, cables, connectors, pinouts, power distribution, grounding, shielding, and routing.
• Own subsystem communication architecture and protocols across controllers, motion systems, cameras, illumination, and sensors.
• Derive requirements, create interface control documents, and collaborate with electrical, software, mechanical, supplier, manufacturing, and service teams.
• Plan and execute prototype acceptance, qualification, design-of-experiments, and system validation activities.
• Develop error, noise, signal-integrity, power-integrity, and timing budgets while identifying and mitigating reliability risks.
• Troubleshoot system-level electrical, communication, and hardware/software integration issues and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree, 5 years with a master’s degree, or 2 years with a PhD.
• Hands-on experience designing and debugging electrical interconnects, cable and harness systems, connectors, power distribution, grounding, and shielding.
• Knowledge of Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, RS-232/485, USB, camera interfaces, timing, and trigger signal distribution.
• Experience with schematics, wiring diagrams, interface control documents, test plans, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, network analyzers, and DMMs.
• Strong troubleshooting, data analysis, visualization, scripting, cross-functional collaboration, and project management skills, including Python or MATLAB.

Nice to have

• Experience with EMI/EMC, signal integrity, SEMI S2, CE compliance, semiconductor equipment, precision motion systems, or imaging platforms.
• Familiarity with SECS/GEM, fab integration, EPLAN, SolidWorks Electrical, Zuken, CoaXPress, or Camera Link.
• Software automation and AI tools experience, including Claude Code or similar tools.
• Experience supporting manufacturing and service organizations through training, documentation, and troubleshooting.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive work culture focused on learning, professional development, and innovation.
• Comprehensive employee benefits and programs supporting health and wellbeing.
• Potential eligibility for bonus and stock award programs, as applicable.
• Work includes collaboration with customer site teams during installation, qualification, and production support.