Intern, Electrical Engineering

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.

• 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

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