Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Semiconductor Tooling - Austin
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
Design, prototype, validate, and scale core semiconductor fabrication equipment including Anneal, Deposition, and Etch tools.
About the role
As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you will design, iterate on, and build specialized equipment for semiconductor fabrication. This role focuses on core semiconductor fabrication equipment including Anneal, Deposition, Etch, and Supporting Infrastructure tool families.
What you'll do
- Own semiconductor fabrication systems and subsystems end-to-end, including deposition, etch, annealing, and plasma tools.
- Design and iterate on machines and subsystems for semiconductor fabrication.
- Create mechanical designs including frames, components, and assemblies.
- Partner closely with process, electrical, software, and production teams.
- Source components and materials while working with vendors to meet project specifications.
What you'll need
- 2-7 years of professional experience in mechanical and electromechanical system design.
- 2-7 years of hands-on experience building, prototyping, and assembling complex systems.
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation, or Physics.
- Experience in designing vacuum systems or fluid handling hardware.
- Strong fundamentals in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer.
- Demonstrated ability to design and ship machined and fabricated metal parts into working systems.
- Comfortable working with pumps, valves, fittings, tubing, chambers, and thermal systems.
Nice to have
- Knowledge/experience with any of: plasma systems, CVD, ALD.
- Familiarity with leak detection techniques and vacuum diagnostics.
- Experience with productionization and testing.
This role has been open 8 days — well below the 48-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
890
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$159k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Atomic Semi | All employers we track in this specialty (890 roles · 102 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 890 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 19 | 5930 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 26 d | 48 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 63 open roles · median 24 d
- KLA Corporation · 54 open roles · median 32 d
- NVIDIA · 54 open roles · median 56 d
- Teradyne · 48 open roles · median 14 d
- Applied Materials · 43 open roles · median 59 d
- AMD · 40 open roles · median 54 d
How we counted: 890 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 102 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 2 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.