Engineer III, Systems Design

Job Description

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and ground-breaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you'll help solve some of the world's toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Location/Division Specific Information

Hillsboro, OR / Materials and Structural Analysis Division

How will you make an impact?

The Validation and Integration team are important members of the Research and Development community. As a collaborative team, engineering theory is creatively applied to exciting projects opportunities. The development role changes with the phase of product development. Requirements analysis is followed by feasibility studies, error budgeting, modeling, prototyping, system characterization, coordinating product quality, reliability engineering, and demonstration of performance specifications, culminating with project release to manufacturing. This is a phenomenal opportunity and offers career growth under the mentorship of top-tier engineers!

What will you do?

• Work on scanning electron and focused ion beam microscope systems. Our products are targeted for semiconductor customers demanding innovative wafer-to-atomic information workflows to improve their manufacturing and design decision-making process.
• The role is dynamic and motivated by the specific needs of the project. Projects include module integration of charged particle optics, high voltage power supplies, ultra-high vacuum, gas deposition chemistry, image detectors, robotic wafer handling, electro-mechanical and pneumatics modules, controlled with automation software.
• Learn how to analyze innovative technology, form concise problem statements, analyze relevant data, develop insight based on scientific models, and form a plan of next steps. Apply design of experiments (DoE) and statistical process control (SPC) engineering tools to understand sources of variation and develop process controls.
• Provide technical leadership mentoring peers within your functional team.

How will you get here?

Education/Experience

• Ph.D. in Engineering, Science, Technology, or Math (STEM); Master's degree with 2+ years as a technical lead developing high precision electro-mechanical systems or subsystems used in semiconductor capital equipment or related industries
• Experience with laboratory instrumentation, electronics, and electromechanical systems
• Hands-on capability to integrate, test and optimize electro-mechanical systems
• Prior experience with updating schematics and drawings
• Proven capability to learn new technology
• Knowledge of specifying, modeling, verifying, and reporting system reliability
• Aptitude and desire to apply systems engineering principles and science-based innovation to a wide range of multi-discipline engineering problems
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed (5-10% maximum)

This position has not been approved for relocation assistance.

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