Femtosecond Laser Manufacturing Engineer - Livermore, CA, United States
$136,200 - $178,815 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Develop, optimize, and sustain femtosecond laser manufacturing processes for advanced semiconductor products.
- Develop high-precision laser processes for ceramic and other advanced materials requiring micron and sub-micron feature accuracy.
- Create, optimize, and automate femtosecond laser recipes to improve process capability, repeatability, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Evaluate and optimize laser parameters including pulse energy, pulse duration, repetition rate, focal position, scanning strategy, and beam alignment.
- Establish and maintain robust process controls using Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability analysis, and data-driven decision making.
- Support engineering change implementation (ECO/ECCB) and New Product Introduction (NPI) activities.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience.
- Hands-on experience with femtosecond laser processing.
- Experience developing precision laser micromachining processes for ceramic or advanced materials.
- Strong understanding of laser-material interaction, precision machining, and laser process optimization.
- Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), process capability analysis, and root cause analysis.
- Experience creating engineering documentation, work instructions, FMEAs, process specifications, and manufacturing procedures.
Nice to have
- Experience in semiconductor manufacturing.
- Experience developing and optimizing laser recipes for high-precision manufacturing.
Skills: femtosecond laser, micromachining, process optimization, SPC, NPI
This role has been open 15 days — well below the 51-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Optical Laser Systems
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Open roles in category
42
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$161k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (42 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 42 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 102 | 9739 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 15 d | 51 d (−36 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $161k |
Skills observed across this category: femtosecond laser, micromachining, process optimization, SPC, NPI
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 121 d
- ASML · 9 open roles · median 7 d
- Applied Materials · 7 open roles · median 21 d
- MKS Instruments · 6 open roles · median 102 d
- Aeva Technologies · 1 open role · median 66 d
- Camtek · 1 open role · median 109 d
How we counted: 42 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Optical Laser Systems) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.