System Characterization Engineer

Job Title: System Characterization Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Job Description We are looking to grow the Systems Characterization team within the Systems Engineering group in the Surfscan division. As a Systems Engineer the candidate will have to develop a thorough understanding of Surfscan products with regards to calibrations, optics, mechanical systems, electronics, software, etc. in order to contribute to new product development. The goal of this position is to characterize tool performance and analyze the root causes of limitations down to the component level in order to make improvements. Main performance aspects are sensitivity, coordinate accuracy, repeatability and matching. The investigations of possible limitations may require modeling of systems HW and simulation of SW algorithms not currently available on the tool. Proposed solutions can affect any aspect of the system and will require collaboration with the respective groups for prototyping and testing. Some time will be spent supporting new use cases being developed jointly with customers. In these collaborations the function of this position would be to develop new calibration standards, to provide advanced data analysis and guide the applications development team. Systems Engineers require a good combination of practical hands-on skills and system level thinking. Additionally, strong analytical skills are required to set up experiments and perform detailed data analysis. The candidate will need to multitask, work independently, and be a motivated team member. Strong written and verbal communications skills are needed for the interaction with different teams.Qualifications/Education Desired This position requires an MS or Ph.D. in Physics, Engineering or related fields. The ideal candidate will have strong data analysis skills including experience in writing scripts for customized analysis and modeling using MatLab or similar SW. A background in optics, opto-mechanical systems, digital image processing or semiconductor processing is a plus.Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience. OR Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience. OR Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.