Kulicke & Soffa is seeking a full-time on-site electrical engineering co-op to help develop its next-generation of wire bonders. You will work in a team and meaningfully participate in the design of electronics and controls including: modeling and analysis using MATLAB, Simulink, LTspice, and others; PCBs using Altium Designer, implementation of real-time software and firmware, cables using Zuken E3.cable, preparation of documentation and drawings for production release, and hands-on assembly and troubleshooting in an electronics laboratory environment. K&S electrical engineering covers many areas and co-ops are generally given opportunities to join projects that are of particular interest to them.
Knowledge & Experience requirements
- Basic knowledge in digital circuit design, firmware implementation and analog circuit design
- Knowledge of motion control electronic hardware design
- Knowledge of position-loop PID control a plus
- Knowledge of VME, PCIe, RS485, Ethernet, LVDS, and SERDES is a plus
- Knowledge of machine level electrical system architecture design is a plus
Education Requirements
- Pursuing Bachelor's in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Other requirements
- Effective verbal & written communication skills
- Ability to think outside the box
- Innovative thinking
- Team player with a cross functional mindset
- Result-driven and can-do mentality
- Engage in the daily Electrical Engineering project task execution of electrical system/subsystem of Semiconductor equipment
- Design and evaluate analog/digital circuits
- Perform systematic troubleshooting and improvement on new/existing electrical design
- Support production/field issue with respect to system/subsystem related problem as a team within cross functional group
- Conduct engineering verification and setup/execute reliability testing plan
- Propose root cause analysis by performing quantitative measurement
- Evaluates prototype designs against requirements, performs testing, documents and analyses data and write reports
- Design and Simulate the digital and analog circuits
- Design and Debug some simple FPGA firmware, PCBA, and cables
- Working with other teams and inside of the EE team