Sustaining Engineer (Electronic)

A Day in Your Life at MKS:As a Sustaining Engineer, you perform product engineering functions on high power RF and DC generators used in semiconductor fabrication. Use skills and experience to implement design changes that ensure products of the highest quality. Create, analyze and validate new design or theoretical concepts for obsolescence or derivative. Works with cross-functional teams, including hardware developers and system engineers. Interacts with customers both internal and external.Principal Responsibilities:Sustain and improve high power RF generators rated 400KHz to 60MHz up to 100kWPerform analysis to determine root cause of failure on production yield fall-out and customer returns. Provide corrective action, recommendations, and document analysis resultsPlan and conduct RF testing, DC testing, HASS/HALT, circuit analysis, troubleshooting, modeling, failure duplication and device analysisProvide technical support to application engineers and help to solve difficult on-site engineering problems; act as Customer/Sales interface to Asia customers within the Engineering organizationWork on second source component qualification. Interface with suppliers, customers, manufacturing and materials organizationsProvide training to other teams within the organization including Application, Manufacturing and Test Engineering to improve overall capabilities and knowledgeWork in Penang Malaysia factory; Sustaining Engineering Team reports to US EngineeringSupport US New Product Development Engineering and Technical Operations in product release activities. (incl. test fixture design, test procedures, assembly fixture design)Support design documentation & configuration control of released products. (Special Product Requests, Engineering Change Orders)Required Skills:B.S. in Electronic Engineering or other technical related field5+ years of related experienceStrong curiosity and interests to understand the root cause of failure and RF/DC technologyAbility to build circuit prototype, develop test method/fixture, troubleshoot electronics circuit with lab equipmentExcellent written and verbal skillsAbility to work independently under minimum supervisionOccasional domestic and international business travelPreferred Qualifications:M.S. in Power Electronics related field of studyExperience and strong technical background in high power RF or power electronicsProficient with electronics circuit simulation or programming language, preferably LTSpice, SimSmith, Octive, Python, Visual Basic