Senior Systems Engineer - United States
$111,850 - $186,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will lead the development of technologies for new market applications, providing technical leadership across disciplines including ozone, remote plasma sources, electronic control systems, electro-mechanical subsystems, signal acquisition, and data processing.
What you'll do
- Lead technical planning activities, including scope definition, effort estimation, milestone tracking, and status reporting.
- Create system level engineering design specifications and project scope documents.
- Develop and execute system integration, verification, and Design Verification Test (DVT) plans.
- Drive technical issue resolution, root cause investigations, and corrective action implementation.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Electrical, Software, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality, and Compliance Engineering.
- Manage technical project schedules, deliverables, resource planning, dependencies, and risk mitigation activities.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical or systems engineering or similar with 5+ years of experience.
- Ability to understand and manage tradeoffs between cost, performance, and schedules.
- Track record of successful new product releases, with experience in the entire product development process.
- Experience with analog and digital design circuitry, proper test methodology, and systems integration.
- Experience creating and executing system integration, integrating electromechanical systems, and Design Verification Test (DVT) plans.
- Skilled with Failure Analysis (FMEA).
Skills: system level engineering, electromechanical systems, system integration, design verification test, analog and digital design
This role has been open 21 days — well below the 49-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
35
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$149k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | MKS Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (35 roles · 14 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 35 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 18 | 6119 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 25 d | 49 d (−24 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $149k |
Skills observed across this category: system level engineering, electromechanical systems, system integration, design verification test, analog and digital design
Who's hiring in this category
- Lam Research · 6 open roles · median 101 d
- Teradyne · 6 open roles · median 38 d
- Keysight Technologies · 4 open roles · median 62 d
- ASML · 3 open roles · median 4 d
- Onto Innovation · 3 open roles · median 86 d
- Applied Materials · 2 open roles · median 116 d
How we counted: 35 open Hardware Systems Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 14 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.