Senior Systems Architect, Precision Stage V (E5)

Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States; onsite role with 10% travel and remote and onsite support for field personnel as required.

Salary: $163,000–$224,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops and services materials engineering and semiconductor manufacturing equipment used to produce chips and advanced displays, including technologies supporting AI and IoT.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end architecture of high-precision motion stages and mechatronic subsystems across mechanics, actuation, sensing, metrology, and motion control.
• Define control architectures, servo-loop topology, feedforward strategies, sensor and actuator selection, error budgets, and quantitative performance targets.
• Develop dynamic models and integrate mechanical designs with control systems, including vibration isolation, disturbance rejection, damping, and multi-axis motion profiles.
• Specify and integrate feedback sensors, metrology systems, real-time controllers, FPGA/DSP hardware, drives, amplifiers, and signal chains.
• Lead architecture reviews, prototypes, qualification, system integration, reliability testing, troubleshooting, and supplier development.
• Partner with electrical, firmware, software, physics, algorithms, manufacturing, service, and project teams; support safety compliance and technical reporting.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Controls with 10–15+ years of experience; MS preferred.
• Expertise in system engineering, control theory, servo and feedback control design, and multi-axis motion control for high-precision stages and subsystems.
• Hands-on mechatronic co-design experience including system identification, dynamic modeling, control-loop tuning, feedforward, and active vibration isolation or damping for nanometer-class positioning.
• Experience with motion controllers, FPGA/DSP real-time systems, drives, amplifiers, interferometers, encoders, capacitive sensors, and other metrology hardware.
• Mechanical engineering experience selecting, building, testing, troubleshooting, and releasing semiconductor or similar capital equipment.
• Knowledge of SEMI S2/S8/S14, NFPA 79, F47, CE, and EMI/EMC safety standards.
• In-depth knowledge of 3D and 2D CAD tools, including Siemens NX Unigraphics, Inventor, and AutoCAD.
• Working knowledge of semiconductor wafer-manufacturing materials, materials characterization, and materials or systems failure analysis.
• Experience supporting manufacturing and service organizations through training, documentation, procedures, OMS/BKMs, and troubleshooting; proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, Excel, or equivalent modeling, simulation, and data-analysis tools.
• Strong time-management, communication, organizational, and collaboration skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Nice to have

• Managerial experience and interest in future growth.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular employment with a full-time schedule and comprehensive benefits and wellness programs for employees and families.
• Support for learning, professional development, personal growth, and employee health and well-being.
• Work in a supportive, start-up-like environment focused on innovative semiconductor equipment solutions.
• Additional compensation may include bonus and stock awards, subject to applicable conditions.
• Relocation eligible; travel is required for 10% of the time.