Sr. Electrical Hardware Design Engineer – Mixed-Signal Sensor Systems - Milpitas, CA, United States
$117,800 - $200,300 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 August 2026 by the employer.
Instrumented wafer products integrating precision sensors, embedded electronics, and data acquisition technologies.
About the role
As a Sr. Electrical Hardware Design Engineer – Mixed-Signal Sensor Systems at KLA, you will develop instrumented wafer products that integrate precision sensors, embedded electronics, power management, communications, and data acquisition technologies into highly constrained environments. You will work within the SensArray division focused on in-situ measurement and process control for semiconductor manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Design and develop mixed-signal electrical subsystems for advanced instrumented wafer products. - Define electrical architectures and evaluate design tradeoffs related to performance, power consumption, reliability, manufacturability, and cost. - Develop low-power analog and digital circuitry for sensing, measurement, and embedded applications. - Select and integrate sensors, ADCs, microcontrollers, memory devices, batteries, communication interfaces, and power-management circuitry. - Create schematics and drive PCB and substrate development through design reviews and release. - Develop and execute validation plans, electrical characterization activities, and design verification testing while driving root-cause analysis on hardware issues.
What you'll need
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline (Doctorate with 0 years, Master's with 3+ years, or Bachelor's with 5+ years of related experience). - 3+ years of experience designing and developing electronic hardware products. - Experience with mixed-signal circuit design including analog and digital electronics. - Experience developing schematics and supporting PCB design and integration. - Hands-on laboratory experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and other test equipment. - Ability to independently execute subsystem designs and debug hardware using root-cause analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with precision sensor interfaces and analog front-end design. - Experience with low-power electronics, battery-powered devices, or energy management systems. - Familiarity with SPI, I²C, UART, RF, BLE, or optical communication interfaces. - Experience with PCB design tools such as Altium, OrCAD, Cadence, or PADS. - Experience using simulation and analysis tools such as LTspice, ADS, HyperLynx, MATLAB, or Python. - Background in semiconductor equipment, instrumentation, robotics, aerospace, medical devices, industrial automation, or embedded hardware.
Skills: mixed-signal electrical subsystems, low-power analog, PCB design, sensor interfaces, embedded electronics
This role has been open 73 days — well above the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3892
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Median days open
55 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 (3892 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 274 | 3892 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 495 | 10119 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 67 d | 55 d (+12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: mixed-signal electrical subsystems, low-power analog, PCB design, sensor interfaces, embedded electronics
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 641 open roles · median 53 d
- Lam Research · 573 open roles · median 38 d
- Micron Technology · 285 open roles · median 48 d
- KLA Corporation (this employer) · 274 open roles · median 68 d
- ASML · 183 open roles · median 73 d
- ASM International · 163 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 3892 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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.