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Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues. Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers’ critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient.\nJob Summary & Responsibilities\nOnto is seeking a motivated individual for an engineer position in an advanced algorithm group within the Inspection Business Unit (IBU). The position will report directly to the engineering team at Onto Innovation.\nThis individual will apply their skills in machine learning, image processing, computer vision, mathematics, optics, and software engineering to develop algorithms to be integrated into Onto’s Innovative inspection platforms.\nResponsibilities of this position include developing advanced algorithms for Onto’s inspection systems. A key aspect of the role involves working directly with customers onsite to identify performance improvement opportunities and leading the implementation of solutions that enhance system capabilities. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to independently implement and validate algorithms based on real-world system behavior.\nThis person is encouraged to bring forward creative ideas, develop production code and support as needed. This candidate shall be able to work independently and provide recommendations to the hardware group on image quality and error budget base on algorithm design and performance.\nThe candidate must have excellent problem solving and communication skills.\nProficiency in at least one numerically oriented programming environment such as Python or MATLAB is required, with experience using native libraries for linear algebra, image processing, and machine learning. A strong foundation in data science is preferred, along with demonstrated experience deploying machine learning algorithms into real world production environments.\n75% travel, 65% in Taiwan/10% International travel.\nQualifications\nPhD or MS or Bachelor in EE, Computer Science, Applied Math or related field, 0 to 5 years of experience.\nOnto Innovation Inc. offers competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including health/dental/vision/life/disability, PTO, 401K plan with employer match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) along with health & wellness initiatives. 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