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Mechanical/Controls Engineer
| Company | Applied Materials |
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| Location | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $147000 – $202500 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field.
- Precision motion systems experience. Air bearings, linear motors, encoders, controllers, submicron level precision.
- At least 5 years of servo system design, test and integration experience desired.
- Strong control knowledge including control system tuning, linear/non-linear systems, dynamics and design of robust, stable systems.
- Experience with motion control simulations.
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Masters with motion experience an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Problem identification and troubleshooting a wide range of complex mechanical problems with limited to no supervision.
- Technically lead and/or execute engineering projects, including development of key suppliers.
- Specify the development of, design, or modify engineering layouts/schematics and/or detailed drawings/specifications of complex scope.
- Interface with internal and external customers regarding wide range of complex mechanical issues for specific project.
- Implements concepts for range of complex product issues and solutions.
- May be responsible for the design, development and implementation of custom mechanical tooling, fixturing, and associated processes to enable the handling, assembly and/or disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle.
- Establishes standards across all operational processes.
- Serves as technical expert on specialized projects or programs.
- Generate product specifications, concept & feasibility tests, technology and vendor selection, modeling and simulating, motion profiles and control design, lab tests, system integration, Configuration control & Serial production transition.
- Define, coordinate, perform, and generate engineering test reports.
- Specify and review engineering documentation.
- Specify or perform engineering analysis of complex scope with limited to no supervision.
- Responsibility for the development plans, timeline & budget.
- Work closely with multiple groups across the organization – EE, ME, SW, Process, Operations, Manufacturing and Service.
- Lead periodic technical review meetings.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefer experienced candidate but will consider new or recent college graduates with applicable controls knowledge/experience.
