Staff Applications Engineer

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🌵 Arizona – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote

💵 $115.2k - $172.8k / year

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Onto Innovation

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2019

🏭 Manufacturing

Semiconductors • Manufacturing • Technology

Onto Innovation is a leading provider of metrology, defect inspection, lithography, and smart manufacturing software solutions. The company focuses on semiconductor manufacturers to help them accelerate product and process development, improve yield, and reduce costs. Onto Innovation offers technologies for incoming bare wafer inspection, final packaging, and everything in between, addressing challenges in logic, foundry, memory, RF/MEMS, image sensors, advanced packaging, LED/power, probe testing, and flat panel display manufacturing. Through innovation, Onto Innovation enables customers to be first-to-market with premium products by solving the most pressing process challenges and enhancing product reliability.

📋 Description

• Lead system qualification and matching activities across Onto Innovation OCD and thin film metrology systems • Execute tool-to-tool matching, recipe transfer, and performance validation to meet customer specifications • Analyze system variation and implement corrective actions to achieve tight process control and repeatability • Develop, optimize, and maintain OCD and thin film models for semiconductor applications • Perform modeling validation and ensure accuracy against reference measurements • Utilize statistical and analytical methods to diagnose system performance issues and process deviations • Interface directly with customers to understand requirements, communicate results, and drive technical solutions • Apply data analysis tools such as JMP, Excel, and other statistical packages for performance evaluation • Work extensively in semiconductor cleanroom environments for system setup, qualification, and troubleshooting • Collaborate cross-functionally with Service, Sales, Engineering, and Software teams to drive customer success

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical discipline • Strong knowledge of optical metrology principles • Thin film/OCD modeling and characterization • Solid understanding of semiconductor processes and manufacturing environments • Proven ability in data analysis, system troubleshooting, and performance optimization • Excellent communication, presentation, and customer-facing skills • Proficiency in JMP, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, basic scripting (Python, MATLAB, or similar) • Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail • Self-driven with a high sense of ownership • Ability to balance independent work with teamwork • Adaptability in dynamic, customer-driven environments • Prior working experience with metrology systems, specifically OCD and thin film metrology systems preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage • Life and disability insurance • PTO • 401(k) with employer match • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) • Wellness initiatives