Senior Staff EE Electronics Engineer

2 weeks ago

Santa Clara, United States Halo Industries Full time

Halo Industries has invented a technology to replace a decades-old semiconductor material slicing process that wastes billions of dollars annually.

Halo's laser-based technology eliminates this waste, delivering improvements in both material cost and performance, while enabling manufacturing advancements in a diverse set of high-growth applications markets, including the automotive, grid infrastructure, telecommunications, and power electronics sectors.

Halo originally spun out of Stanford University in 2014, acquiring a significant A round of VC funding in 2020 following the successful demonstration of the company's precision material slicing equipment.

Halo is currently defining the foundation for its planned volume manufacturing operations, building a passionate team to meet its next milestone of deploying the company's first fully integrated production line.

Halo Industries is well-funded, engaged with strategic customers, and staged to achieve rapid operational, revenue, and valuation growth.

The Opportunity

Halo Industries is seeking a senior staff level Electrical Engineer to contribute to the architect, build, test, and certification for Halo's proprietary material processing equipment. This person will be detail-oriented with the ability to think critically to diagnose issues and optimize complex processes, identifying new engineering needs as they arise. The candidate will work in a small team to bring new products from concept to production release.

Near-term deliverables include:

  • Contribute to the delivery of the control systems and power distribution for Halo's next-generation manufacturing line integrating advanced automation along with meeting current electrical and safety requirements needed for industrial machines.
  • Design, fabricate, debug, and test prototype electronic boards and assemblies. Integrate the same into prototype industrial equipment.
  • Design, fabricate, debug, and test production electronic boards and assemblies. Integrate the same into production industrial equipment. Train and transfer knowledge and skills to production engineers and technicians.
  • Document all of the above, including schematics, fab and assembly and wiring drawings, BOMs, etc. CAD design of electrical and electronic systems including schematic capture and board layout tool sets. Examples include Altium, Cadence, Mentor, etc.
  • Familiarity with applicable compliance and safety standards, including those from NFPA, SEMI, FCC, and other applicable regulatory and industrial automation requirements.
Core responsibilities include:
  • Define the automation and controls concepts implementing proprietary and off-the-shelf manufacturing equipment, partnering with Halo's product development and manufacturing technology teams.
  • Define and implement systems and circuits for complex automation and laser-based, material processing platforms for Halo's manufacturing lines. Integrate with industry related safety and compliance certification associated with the release of the processing equipment.
  • Complete documentation required for the manufacturing, productions, and 3rd party evaluations teams.
  • Other associated engineering activities as needed. For example: evaluate, specify, integrate, test, and deploy commercially available hardware.
Requirements

Preferred Education & Experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical, computer, or equivalent field of engineering with 6-10 years of experience.
  • Experience with semiconductor, laser, mechanical, and/or industrial capital equipment experience is highly desired and valued.
  • Experience with full system design cycles taking the new product from concept and design to completion and deployment is highly desired and valued.
What We're Looking For
  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements and safety standards associated with the design, build, and automation of electro-mechanical and opto-mechanical systems, with experience supporting laser-based systems highly desired.
  • Analog and digital circuit design, including FPGAs. System design. Signal processing. Signal integrity. Data acquisition. Power supplies. Sensors. EMI and RFI mitigation.
  • High-level (C, C++, Python, Labview, for example) and low-level (assembly, Verilog, VHDL, FPGA, for example) software skills are desired and valued.
  • This is a hands-on position. Lab and build skills are essential.
  • Electro-optics and laser experience is a plus. Electro-mechanics and motion control experience is a plus.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary team.
Benefits
  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
  • Free Food & Snacks
  • Stock Option Plan
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Base salary $140,000 to $180,000

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