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# Staff Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Onto Innovation
- **Location:** Wilmington, MA, United States
- **Salary:** $129,600.0 - $194,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Computer Engineering, Network Interface Controllers, Issue Tracking Systems, Reliability Engineering, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture, Systems Integration
- **Published:** November 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e89a940b-b8bf-470c-b467-e45afd2edbc0

## About the Role

* Minimum of 15 years of engineering experience, including significant systems engineering responsibility for complex equipment, semiconductor capital equipment, precision instrumentation, automation, optics, imaging, software-enabled systems, or related high-technology products.
 * Demonstrated expertise in requirements management, systems architecture, interface control, integration and test, verification and validation, technical risk management, and customer-facing technical problem solving.
 * Ability to work independently, influence without formal authority, and drive results across cross-functional teams., * Experience with semiconductor inspection, metrology, lithography, process control, advanced packaging, optics, imaging, motion control, robotics, automation, software integration, and customer acceptance testing.
 * Familiarity with requirements tools, issue tracking systems, configuration management, reliability engineering, and formal product development processes is preferred.
 * INCOSE certification, Six Sigma, PMP, or equivalent systems engineering credentials are beneficial., * Minimum education: bachelor's degree in systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, optical engineering, physics, computer engineering, robotics, or a related technical discipline.
 * Preferred education: master's degree or Ph.D. in engineering or applied science.
 * Equivalent experience may substitute for advanced education when supported by demonstrated systems engineering leadership.

Success Characteristics

 * Successful candidates demonstrate strong communication, analytical problem solving, independent technical judgment, assertiveness, ownership, execution discipline, cross-functional influence, and the ability to operate effectively with limited direction.
 * First-year success includes closing high-priority systems issues, improving requirements clarity, strengthening integration readiness, mentoring engineers, and increasing customer confidence in system-level technical execution.

Working Conditions and Travel
This role is primarily on-site in Wilmington, Massachusetts, with domestic and international travel up to 40%. Must be able to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds and work safely in laboratory, manufacturing, cleanroom, customer-site, and office environments. Must comply with company safety standards and customer-site requirements.

## Description

Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that include: 3D metrology spanning the chip from nanometer-scale transistors to micron-level die-interconnects; macro defect inspection of wafers and packages; metal interconnect composition; factory analytics; and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging. Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues. Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers' critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient., Onto Innovation is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to provide senior-level systems engineering leadership for advanced semiconductor inspection and metrology products. This individual contributor will define system requirements, drive architecture and interface decisions, support integration and verification, resolve cross-subsystem issues, and serve as a technical authority for complex customer and product development programs. The role is primarily on-site in Wilmington, Massachusetts, with travel up to 40%., * Lead requirements definition, system architecture, interface management, trade studies, verification planning, integration strategy, risk analysis, and technical issue resolution for semiconductor inspection and metrology systems.

 * Translate customer, market, and product needs into clear engineering requirements and acceptance criteria.
 * Partner with hardware, software, optics, automation, manufacturing, field service, technical product support, product management, marketing, supply chain, operations, and strategic customers.
 * Mentor engineers, improve systems engineering discipline, support customer escalations, and drive closure of complex technical risks.