Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Austin, United States
Originally posted 2 September 2026 by the employer.
Design, prototype, and build custom electrical systems for lithography tools, deposition tools, vacuum chambers, and nanometer precision motion control systems.
About the role
As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will own the electrical hardware for chip fabrication machines end-to-end. You might work on high-voltage low-noise boost converters, motor drivers, attofarad sensors, and millikelvin temperature controllers all on a single project.
What you'll do
- Own the clean-sheet design of PCBAs and electrical systems, driving schematic capture, layout, bringup, testing, integration, and documentation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with software, mechanical, and process teams to gather system requirements.
- Investigate optimal design approaches and perform detailed analysis and simulations to evaluate electrical designs.
- Break down complex hardware challenges into actionable execution plans.
What you'll need
- Demonstrated experience owning electrical hardware design end-to-end, taking systems from initial concept through to production.
- Demonstrated proficiency in analog and digital circuit design, mixed-signal design, and hands-on testing (e.g., using multimeters and oscilloscopes).
- Experience with PCB design and simulation tools (Altium, KiCad, LTSpice).
- A track record of taking broad ownership of electrical systems, with the ability to execute work autonomously.
Nice to have
- High-speed digital design or low-noise analog frontend design experience.
- Experience working with RF plasmas, pulsed lasers, or semiconductor processing equipment.
- Digitally controlled switching power supply or novel power supply architecture implementation.
- Knowledge of control theory (control loop design, stability analysis) or low-voltage DC inverter design.
- FPGA or firmware development experience.
- Advanced SMT precision rework abilities.
Skills: electrical hardware, PCBA, lithography tools, deposition tools, motion control systems
This role has been open 42 days — well below the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3787
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Atomic Semi | All employers we track in this specialty (3787 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 3787 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 25 | 9881 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 95 d | 54 d (+41 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: electrical hardware, PCBA, lithography tools, deposition tools, motion control systems
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 616 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 563 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 284 open roles · median 42 d
- KLA Corporation · 246 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 188 open roles · median 69 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 3787 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.