As a mechanical engineer at FEI, you will exercise your precision
design skills in a creative and fast-paced atmosphere. You'll face
challenges like moving samples along five axes, with nanometer
precision, in ultra-high vacuum environments, with completely
nonmagnetic mechanisms. You might design electron and ion beam delivery
systems which require electric fields at tens of kilovolts in order to
direct subatomic particles to a focus of less than a nanometer. You can
work with scientists to design and build the newest, most
high-resolution particle beams, and then build your components into
leading-edge imaging systems.
Some of our devices are the size of a
breadbox, while others are larger and heavier than an automobile. You
will help to create tools which enable the world's leading scientists
to view and manipulate materials at the atomic level.
Our development sites in the U.S (Portland, Oregon), the Netherlands
(Eindhoven) and the Czech Republic (Brno) attract the best people in
each region. You'll work in a cross-functional engineering team as we
bring components and systems from the domain of research all the way
into mass production. You'll work on diverse activities, from
specification generation, to modeling and analysis, to concept and
detail design, to component and system testing. You will participate in
multiple projects, with durations from a couple of months to several
years, with responsibility for mechanical or electromechanical design
of major subsystems.
You’ll have the advantage of modern development processes and tools
(Unigraphics NX5, proMechanics, Matlab, etc.). The instruments we build
at FEI are complex and require expertise in multiple disciplines,
including vacuum technology, high voltage, state of the art motion
control and dynamic behavior. You’ll gain expertise across these and
other areas as you help design and refine our products, and work to
identify opportunities for reuse across our portfolio.
We look for people with experience designing electron- and ion-beam
components and systems, ultra-high vacuum systems, high-voltage
components, and precision stages, mechanisms and manipulators. You'll
have a background which may include semiconductor or medical capital
equipment, precision engineering, mechatronics, systems integration,
and analysis. You'll bring skills in error budgeting, tolerance
analysis, finite element modeling, thermal analysis, stage design,
vibration analysis, and motion control.
We have mechanical and mechatronics engineers across all three sites
and career paths for mechanical and mechatronics designers, motion
control and dynamic behavior specialists, people managers, project
leaders, technical specialists, and mechatronic architects. We're
looking for people who can use their systematic problem solving skills
and innovative design to help build great products. You'll lead and be
a member of teams, and given the resources and responsibility to
produce new components and systems. You'll plan and prioritize, making
important decisions quickly while retaining flexibility as demands
change.
Customers working in research have very specialized applications and
need breakthrough imaging capabilities in order to advance their
understanding. Customers in electronics and production need the highest
levels of reliability and throughput. You’ll find that developing
products to meet both sets of requirements demands continuous
innovation and well-crafted designs.