Staff Electrical Design Engineer - Austin, United States
$120,000 - $185,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 March 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will own the electrical hardware for chip fabrication machines end-to-end, from identifying problems and prototyping solutions to delivering finished systems into production. Projects involve high-voltage low-noise boost converters, motor drivers, attofarad sensors, and millikelvin temperature controllers.
What you'll do
- Own the clean-sheet design of PCBAs and electrical systems for tools, driving the end-to-end process including schematic capture, layout, bringup, testing, integration, and documentation. - Collaborate cross-functionally with software, mechanical, and process teams to gather system requirements and perform independent investigations when requirements are ambiguous or missing. - Investigate design approaches and perform detailed analysis and simulations to evaluate electrical designs, evaluating off-the-shelf components against custom solutions. - Break down hardware challenges into actionable execution plans from prototype to small-scale production. - Mentor other engineers and drive engineering practices and documentation.
What you'll need
- Demonstrated experience owning electrical hardware design end-to-end, taking systems from initial concept through to production. - Demonstrated proficiency in analog and digital circuit design, mixed-signal design, and hands-on testing (e.g., using multimeters and oscilloscopes). - Experience with PCB design and simulation tools (Altium, KiCad, LTSpice). - A track record of taking broad ownership of electrical systems, executing work autonomously in a hands-on maker environment. - Experience managing and leading small engineering teams, including across disciplines.
Nice to have
- High-speed digital design or low-noise analog frontend design experience. - Experience working with RF plasmas, pulsed lasers, or semiconductor processing equipment. - Digitally controlled switching power supply or novel power supply architecture implementation. - Knowledge of control theory (control loop design, stability analysis) or low-voltage DC inverter design. - FPGA or firmware development experience. - Advanced SMT precision rework abilities.
Skills: high-voltage boost converters, motor drivers, altofarad sensors, millikelvin temperature controllers, PCB design
This role has been open 211 days — well above the 56-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3866
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Median days open
56 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 | Atomic Semi | All employers we track in this specialty (3866 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 3866 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 24 | 10037 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 128 d | 56 d (+72 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: high-voltage boost converters, motor drivers, altofarad sensors, millikelvin temperature controllers, PCB design
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 621 open roles · median 58 d
- Lam Research · 572 open roles · median 39 d
- KLA Corporation · 287 open roles · median 68 d
- Micron Technology · 278 open roles · median 49 d
- ASML · 184 open roles · median 78 d
- ASM International · 156 open roles · median 84 d
How we counted: 3866 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 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.