Sr. Controls Engineer – Servo

Sr. Controls ENGINEER – SERVO 

At Kulicke and Soffa, (NASDAQ:KLIC) our engineers make that decision daily. We are an international leading provider of robotic semiconductor packaging and electronic assembly solutions supporting the global automotive, consumer, communications, computing and industrial segments. Meaning…medical equipment, cell phones, autonomous automobiles, computers, space operations …all of these use products that our equipment helps to make.

We began as a start-up and now 70 years later as a successful public corporation, still retain the spirit of offering our core values to employees and customers alike. With R&D centers of excellence in the USA, Europe and Asia, we bring together today’s generation of talent, collaborating on tomorrow’s technologies. For more information, please forward your resume to us.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer – Servo Controls Optimization

within our Advanced Packaging group. 

Position Description
• Analyze, design, develop, support and troubleshoot control algorithms for servo systems, environmental control systems and power electronics for semiconductor packaging equipment.
• Will be responsible for analog, digital, S-domain and Z-domain controller design with appropriate analysis, modeling and simulation.
• Practical understanding of system identification using time domain analysis and understands how to produce and use Bode and Nichols plots.
• Multidisciplinary responsibilities include plant characterization of electronics, electromagnetic devices, gear trains, and mechanical structures.
• Strong Digital signal processing with practical application such as Digital filtering including the understanding of different types of filters FIR, IIR, Butterworth, etc. 
• Responsibilities also include, with the support of the engineering team, requirements definition for individual servo components (electric motors - power, speed, torque; gear trains - reduction ratios, back-lash; feedback devices - resolution, accuracy, noise,…etc). This includes supporting in-house design or locating off-the-shelf vendor components and/or helping vendors develop components to meet requirements.
• Responsible for all documentation necessary for sound engineering development (lab notebooks, test reports, trade studies, block diagrams, hand sketches, theory of operations, white papers, etc).
• Responsibilities also include electrical, mechanical and software test and/or test support in the lab and in the field to verify system performance and troubleshoot problems. This includes assembly, test set-up and test data collection.

REQUIREMENTS
• PHD degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related degree; preferred
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related degree; required
• Electrical Engineering experience; preferred 
• Experience in closed loop control analysis and design including S-domain and Z-domain controllers; required
• Analytical and practical knowledge of electro-magnetic and mechanical devices; required
• Hands on hardware (electronics and mechanics) experience; required
• MATLAB and/or other system modeling tools; required
• Experience with system verification test methods (phase-gain stability determination using small signal swept sine or random noise, and large signal transient disturbances); required
• Experience with state space approaches to analyzing controls problems as well as classical frequency domain methods; preferred
• Familiarity with Linear Quadratic Regulator and Estimator approaches to quasi optimal steady state and non-steady state controls solutions; preferred
• Familiarity with simulation techniques including the Runge-Kutta methods of non-linear simulations; preferred
• Familiarity with assembly programming; preferred
• Up to 10% local or international travel; required (customer facilities) 
• C programming experience; preferred

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including life, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, 401k with company contributions as well as many other options to employees.

Kulicke & Soffa is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender expression and gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.