Staff Electrical Engineer

Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that include: 3D metrology spanning the chip from nanometer-scale transistors to micron-level die-interconnects; macro defect inspection of wafers and packages; metal interconnect composition; factory analytics; and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging. Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues. Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers’ critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

Job Description

• Serve as the lead Electrical Engineer within the Eindhoven development team, providing local ownership and technical guidance for electrical system development and integration.
• Collaborate with the US Electrical Engineering team to architect, develop, implement, and maintain the electrical control systems for lithography and precision mechatronic systems.
• Review and support analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronic designs developed by internal teams and external suppliers.
• Define and manage electrical interfaces between electronics, sensors, actuators, embedded software, motion control, and mechanical subsystems.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of electrical and system integration issues throughout development, manufacturing support, and product lifecycle activities.
• Partner closely with Systems, Mechanical and Software teams to ensure robust and production-ready solutions.
• Support supplier technical reviews, design verification activities, and engineering change implementation.
• Drive electrical engineering best practices, design quality, and technical documentation within the Eindhoven organization and in close collaboration with US colleagues.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of broad electrical engineering experience, ideally in capital equipment or high‑precision systems.
• Strong expertise in analog, digital, and power electronics, including grounding, noise mitigation, and signal integrity.
• Experience integrating motors, sensors, power systems, and mixed‑signal components into complex platforms.
• Skilled with PCB design and simulation tools (Altium, OrCAD, SPICE, MATLAB, etc.).
• Working knowledge of embedded systems, microcontrollers, or FPGAs.
• Hands-on experience with motion control and sensor integration preferred.
• Proven technical leadership, team mentoring, and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Ability to travel for manufacturing support, system bring‑up, or customer interactions.