Staff Engineer, Electronics

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Title: Staff Engineer, Electronics - HW

Location: Guangzhou

Reports to: Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Group/Division Summary: China Operations (CMC)

Position Summary

The Staff Engineer will contribute to the design, development and continuous improvement of electronic systems for Scientific Instrument like Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) products and Mass Spectrometry, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions that address customer and business needs. Also provide technical expertise and engineering support for other analytical instrument platforms, including Chromatography and Spectroscopy, as business priorities require.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimize electronic systems for Mass Spectrometry and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) products across new product development and product enhancement activities.
• Take ownership of key hardware subsystems, including precision analog front-end, RF electronics, detector electronics, high-voltage electronics, embedded control and mixed-signal hardware.
• Support electronic system development for Chromatography, Spectroscopy and other analytical instrument platforms as business needs evolve.
• Collaborate with cross-functional to deliver robust, high-performance and manufacturable hardware solutions throughout the product lifecycle.
• Perform system architecture definition, hardware design, schematic development, PCB design review, hardware debugging, design verification and product validation.
• Drive continuous improvement through technical problem solving, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), reliability enhancement and cost optimization.
• Mentor engineers, participate in technical design reviews and contribute to technology roadmaps and engineering excellence

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation or a related discipline. Master's or Ph.D. degree is preferred.
• Senior Engineer: typically 10+ years of experience in complex electronic system development.
• Strong background in analog and mixed-signal hardware design with hands-on experience in hardware development from concept through product validation.
• Experience in the following technical areas, at least first two ones:

• Precision analog front-end (AFE) - small signal (uA and even pA level)
• RF electronics, resonant circuits, impedance matching or high-frequency analog design.
• High-voltage electronics

• Proficiency with electronic design tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional and multicultural engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:

• Scientific or analytical instrumentation, including Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Mass Spectrometry, Chromatography, Spectroscopy or related technologies.
• EMC/EMI, signal integrity, power integrity and hardware reliability engineering.
• New Product Introduction (NPI), product enhancement and sustaining engineering.
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), FMEA and reliability engineering.