MKS
mks.com
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Overview
MKS Instruments is an American company founded in 1961 that makes the instruments, subsystems and process control equipment inside semiconductor manufacturing tools, which means it sells mainly to the equipment makers rather than to chip fabs directly. Its portfolio covers vacuum and pressure measurement, gas and liquid delivery, power supplies, lasers and photonics, and, since the Atotech acquisition, the chemistry used in advanced packaging and printed circuit board plating. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts and listed on Nasdaq, it carries substantial debt from that acquisition and is exposed to the semiconductor equipment cycle at one remove.
Technologies
Tech DNA
Python
C++
MATLAB
Ray
Oracle
AWS
Azure
GCP
AI/ML
Python
C++
MATLAB
SQL
Ray
Machine Learning
Windows
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Grafana
Linux
VPN
Copilot
Computer Vision
OCR
OpenCV
Oracle
Azure
Azure DevOps
SLI/SLO/SLA
RTOS
GCP
DHCP
DNS
TCP/IP
Security
Assembly
CAPA
Zero Trust
GDPR
HIPAA
Active Directory
Frontend
JavaScript
Node JS
SolidWorks
Commander.js
AutoCAD
Canva
Fusion 360
Other
C#
ABAP
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Power BI
EtherCAT
Agile
Outlook
PID Control
FreeRTOS
Altium Designer
Mentor PADS
Digital Twin
ETL/ELT
Tableau
Jira
Scrum
Salesforce
LTspice
Microsoft Project
Smartsheet
ServiceNow
SharePoint
ITIL
Waterfall
Stack modernity
65/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Microsoft Office
17 jobs
Required
$74k
-17% vs market
SolidWorks
12 jobs
Required
$138k
-8% vs market
Python
11 jobs
Required
$155k
-16% vs market
Microsoft Excel
8 jobs
Required
$87k
-13% vs market
Power BI
7 jobs
Required
$167k
+25% vs market
EtherCAT
6 jobs
Required
$150k
-14% vs market
C++
5 jobs
Required
$145k
-28% vs market
MATLAB
4 jobs
Required
$218k
+24% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Microsoft Office
7%
Python
6%
SQL
5%
JavaScript
4%
C++
4%
CI/CD
4%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Waterfall
Sep 2026
ITIL
Sep 2026
Microsoft Office
Sep 2026
Windows
Sep 2026
Active Directory
Sep 2026
VPN
Sep 2026
TCP/IP
Sep 2026
DNS
Sep 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$135k
Typical range
$36k – $431k
Open positions
111
101
Jobs
Junior
29.7%
Middle
6.9%
Senior
45.5%
Staff
1%
Principal
14.9%
Architect
2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 30 | $62k | $46k – $118k |
| Middle | 7 | $100k | $74k – $136k |
| Senior | 46 | $160k | $88k – $384k |
| Staff | 1 | $74k | $74k |
| Principal | 15 | $195k | $155k – $259k |
| Architect | 2 | $377k | $323k – $431k |
Highest paying role
Vice President, Corporate Controller
$431k
Normalized to USD per year
Products
Power and Plasma
Radio frequency and microwave power supplies that generate and control plasma in etch and deposition tools. Plasma control determines process repeatability, which is ultimately what a fab is paying for.
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Atotech Chemistry
Plating chemistry and equipment for printed circuit boards and advanced packaging, acquired in 2022. Advanced packaging has become as important to chip performance as transistor scaling, which is what made the acquisition strategic.
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Photonics and Lasers
Lasers, optics and beam delivery systems for industrial and scientific applications. It serves markets beyond semiconductors, which gives the company some diversification away from a highly cyclical core business.
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Materials Delivery
Gas and liquid delivery subsystems that supply process chemicals with extreme precision. Contamination or flow variation at these tolerances destroys wafer yield, which is why these components are qualified rather than simply purchased.
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Vacuum and Pressure Solutions
Measurement and control instruments for the vacuum environments semiconductor processes require. Selling to tool makers rather than to fabs means demand arrives one step earlier in the cycle and swings harder.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
46/100
Stable
Open positions
137
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
35 days
faster than 37% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~2 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
25%
Field & Service
16% ▲
QA
9% ▼
Operations
8% ▲
Hardware
8% ▼
Finance
5%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+17 in 30 days)
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
17
Hiring now
17
Countries
5
Busiest office
Andover
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Andover
United States
HQ
Andover Shattuck, MA
27 open roles 32 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 200-500 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Analytics
Rochester
United States
Plant / site
Linden Ave Rochester, NY
21 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 200-500 est. staff $110k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, QA, Field & Service
Irvine
United States
Plant / site
Irvine, CA
18 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 200-500 est. staff $128k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, HR, Marketing
Broomfield
United States
Plant / site
Broomfield, CO
13 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 8% engineering 200-500 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Operations
Nogales
Mexico
Plant / site
Mexico Nogales
12 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, QA, Operations
Wilmington
United States
Regional office
Wilmington, MA
11 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 36% engineering 50-200 est. staff $162k Avg Salary
hires for QA, Leadership, Operations
Milpitas
United States
Plant / site
Milpitas, CA
8 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $189k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Marketing
Lawrence
United States
Plant / site
Lawrence, MA
6 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $71k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, HR
Methuen
United States
Plant / site
Methuen, MA
5 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 50-200 est. staff $118k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps
Richmond
Canada
Plant / site
Canada Richmond
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $75k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Rock Hill
United States
Support & operations
Rock Hill, SC
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Operations, Sales, Science & Research
Beaverton
United States
Corporate office
Beaverton, OR
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $166k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Management, Industrial Engineering
Franklin
United States
Plant / site
Franklin, MA
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $59k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
North Logan
United States
North Logan, UT
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $160k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Field & Service
Bangkok
Thailand
Thailand Bangkok
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Nogales
United States
Nogales, AZ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Administrative
Taboão da Serra
Brazil
Brazil Taboao da Serra
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Administrative
Jobs
$102k – $169k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • PhD • Andover
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$194k – $323k per year • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Master's Degree • Wilmington
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$200k – $334k per year • In office • Full-Time • 15+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Andover
SQL
Machine Learning
DevOps
Grafana
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
ETL/ELT
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$75k – $110k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Methuen
Python
SQL
C#
C++
OpenCV
Computer Vision
OCR
DevOps
AWS
Robotics
EtherCAT
Analytics
Power BI
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$135k – $155k per year • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Broomfield
Python
C++
Assembly
EtherCAT
IoT
FreeRTOS
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$230k – $384k per year • In office • Full-Time • 15+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Andover
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$102k – $169k per year • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Andover
EtherCAT
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$121k – $145k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Andover
Python
C++
EtherCAT
IoT
FreeRTOS
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$126k – $210k per year • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Andover
C++
EtherCAT
PID Control
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$82k – $136k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Rochester
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$112k – $186k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Rochester
Python
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
Jenkins
Linux
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Financials
Est. Annual Revenue
$3.9B
2025
Revenue
+10% YoY
Estimate
Modelled from public signals, not audited accounts - read it as an order of magnitude.
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| 2017 | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.9B |
| 2018 | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B |
| 2019 | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.9B |
| 2020 | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.3B |
| 2021 | $3B | $3B | $3B |
| 2022 | $3.5B | $3.5B | $3.5B |
| 2023 | $3.6B | $3.6B | $3.6B |
| 2024 | $3.6B | $3.6B | $3.6B |
| 2025 | $3.9B | $3.9B | $3.9B |