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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\nThe Systems Engineer will represent product line engineering in the field to support new tool joint evaluation programs and secure new product adoption. Significant interaction with the customer tool owners will be required, which in turn requires expertise in system operation, trouble shooting, and optimization. Additional contributions will include defining the technical characteristics of new metrology products, developing product concepts, requirements and system or subsystem models, as well as developing tools for performance estimates and validation. This position also requires close coordination with cross-functional teams, including field service, software, manufacturing, and applications.\nQualifications\nThe ideal candidate will have strong technical capabilities as well as a pragmatic, results-oriented focus and possess a reputation for getting new products to the market on time and meeting requirements.\nMaster or Ph.D. degree in optical engineering, physics, EE or other relevant disciplines.\n3-5 years of experience in high precision optical or semiconductor capital instruments, or alternative experience.\nAbility to independently identify and troubleshoot issues which limit tool performance - including both technical and logistical problems\nAbility to understand what limits system performance, and how to overcome those limits.\nExperience using Matlab and JMP is a plus.\nKnowledge in spectroscopy, ellipsometry and reflectometry is a plus.\nAbility to independently design and perform design of experiments related to optical instrumentation.\nAbility to travel internationally (up to 40%).\nPersonal Attributes:\nMust be a proactive self-starter, good team player and creative problem solver.\nCapable of leading and successfully completing a project.\nStrong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate, quantitative, and timely analyses.\nAttention to details, and ability to thoroughly and completely document the work.\nExceptional oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.\nDrive for personal and professional growth, desire for continuous education.\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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