Sr. Manufacturing Engineer - eBeam - Milpitas, CA, United States
$106,700 - $156,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer.
This role supports the build, integration, testing, and introduction of advanced eBeam semiconductor equipment.
About the role
This role involves supporting the build, integration, testing, and introduction of advanced eBeam semiconductor equipment. You will help transition new products from engineering into manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Lead NPI and manufacturing transfer programs from engineering development through production release.
- Collaborate with Product Engineering to develop and execute beta and pilot build plans for new eBeam products.
- Partner with Engineering to ensure product designs, BOMs, and configurations are production-ready.
- Drive implementation of engineering change orders (ECOs) and design updates across manufacturing sites and suppliers.
- Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) recommendations and influence product designs to improve quality, reliability, and scalability.
- Develop and improve system integration, testing, troubleshooting, and validation processes.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Applied Physics, or a related technical field.
- Hands-on experience working with semiconductor capital equipment, electron microscopy equipment, or other complex electromechanical equipment.
- Experience with equipment build, integration, bring-up, testing, troubleshooting, qualification, manufacturing, or technical product support.
- Comfortable working directly on equipment in a lab, cleanroom, or manufacturing environment.
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills.
- Experience working with engineering documentation such as BOMs, ECOs/ECNs, work instructions, test procedures, or configuration documentation.
Nice to have
- Experience with eBeam, electron-beam inspection, SEM, CD-SEM, FIB, electron microscopy, wafer inspection, or semiconductor metrology equipment.
- Experience working with electron sources, electron guns, SEM columns, high-voltage systems, vacuum/UHV systems, detectors, wafer handling, or precision motion systems.
- Experience installing, bringing up, testing, or troubleshooting equipment at a semiconductor fab.
- Experience with NPI or transferring new equipment from engineering into manufacturing.
- Experience supporting prototype or pilot production builds.
- Experience with system or subsystem acceptance testing and qualification.
- Experience working with suppliers on technical or manufacturing issues.
- Experience creating manufacturing procedures and training technicians or other engineers.
Skills: eBeam inspection systems, New Product Introduction, manufacturing transfer, Design for Manufacturability, electron optics
This role has been open 24 days — well below the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Metrology Inspection
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Open roles in category
193
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$159k
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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 (193 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 75 | 193 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 454 | 9854 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 39 d | 54 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: eBeam inspection systems, New Product Introduction, manufacturing transfer, Design for Manufacturability, electron optics
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation (this employer) · 75 open roles · median 39 d
- Applied Materials · 25 open roles · median 78 d
- Onto Innovation · 18 open roles · median 74 d
- Lam Research · 15 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 11 open roles · median 48 d
- Entegris · 9 open roles · median 75 d
How we counted: 193 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Metrology Inspection) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 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.