Sr. Electronic Engineer - Rochester, NY, United States
$88,425 - $147,375 USD yearly
Originally posted 20 July 2026 by the employer — open 61 days.
About the role
As a Sr. Electronic Engineer, you will partner with the Sustaining Engineering Team to perform product engineering functions on high power RF and DC generators used in semiconductor fabrication. You will implement design changes to ensure products of the highest quality and perform obsolescence replacement or derivative designs.
What you'll do
- Sustain and improve high power RF generators rated 400KHz to 60MHz, up to 100kW.
- Perform analysis to determine root cause of failure on production yield fall-out and customer returns.
- Plan and conduct RF/DC testing, circuit analysis, trouble shooting, modeling, failure duplication, and device analysis down to the component level.
- Provide technical support to application engineers for on-site engineering problems.
- Work on second source component qualification and interface with suppliers, customers, manufacturing, and materials organizations.
- Support design documentation and configuration control of released products (Special Product Requests, Engineering Change Orders).
What you'll need
- B.S. in Electronic Engineering or another technically related field.
- 5+ years of related experience.
- Strong curiosity and interest to understand the root cause of failures in RF/DC technology.
- Ability to use lab equipment such as meters, oscilloscopes, and function generators.
Skills: high power RF generators, DC generators, circuit analysis, obsolescence replacement
This role has been open 60 days — slightly above the 57-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Conversion
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Open roles in category
53
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
$185k
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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 (53 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 53 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 3 | 1339 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 60 d | 57 d (+3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: high power RF generators, DC generators, circuit analysis, obsolescence replacement
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 7 open roles · median 31 d
- Renesas Electronics · 5 open roles · median 38 d
- Power Integrations · 4 open roles · median 48 d
- Analog Devices · 3 open roles · median 57 d
- Navitas Semiconductor · 3 open roles · median 23 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 123 d
How we counted: 53 open Power Electronics (Power Conversion) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Sept 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.