Senior Electrical Systems Engineer - Allentown, PA, United States
$100,100 - $146,833 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
Design electrical systems for advanced etch and deposition systems.
About the role
This role involves the electrical design, product safety, regulatory compliance, and long-term support of electrical systems in semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
What you'll do
- Design and sustain electrical systems for semiconductor process equipment.
- Specify and integrate electrical components including power supplies, sensors, relays, circuit protection devices, heaters, temperature control hardware, and motion-control elements.
- Develop equipment protection strategies and electrical safety functions such as emergency stops, safety interlocks, and grounding systems.
- Evaluate new technologies and alternative components to improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
- Support field electrical troubleshooting escalations when required.
- Lead product safety and compliance initiatives across multiple equipment platforms.
- Interpret and implement industry standards including SEMI, CE, IEC, NFPA, UL, and customer-specific requirements.
- Conduct compliance assessments, design reviews, gap analyses, risk assessments, and hazard evaluations.
- Partner with certification bodies and testing organizations to achieve product certifications and maintain compliance documentation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of experience designing electrical systems for semiconductor equipment, industrial automation, manufacturing equipment, or similar electromechanical systems.
- Demonstrated ability to assess and design electrical systems and equipment to regulatory standards (i.e., 60204-1, NFPA 79, UL 508A).
- Strong understanding of electrical design principles, power distribution, controls, and electrical safety.
- Experience selecting, integrating, and troubleshooting electrical components and subsystems.
Nice to have
- Experience as a liaison with 3rd party assessors to achieve and maintain equipment certifications (i.e., CE mark, EMC).
- Experience assessing and designing safety interlock circuits with performance levels required by ISO 13849.
- Working knowledge of SEMI S2, CE, IEC, NFPA, UL, ISO 13849, and other product compliance standards.
- Experience performing machine safety risk assessments and hazard analyses (i.e., 12100, FMEA).
- Experience using Sistema for Performance Level (PL) and functional safety evaluations.
Skills: electrical systems design, semiconductor process equipment, product safety, regulatory compliance, SEMI S2
This role has been open 3 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
3743
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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 | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (3743 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 252 | 3743 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 454 | 9738 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 68 d | 54 d (+14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: electrical systems design, semiconductor process equipment, product safety, regulatory compliance, SEMI S2
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 612 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 547 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 270 open roles · median 45 d
- KLA Corporation (this employer) · 252 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 197 open roles · median 65 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 79 d
How we counted: 3743 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.