Job Description Semicon Machine Design Engineer South Eveleigh, Sydney | Full time | Hybrid | $120k to $150k 12% super equity Relocation and visa support available for the right person The Mission Design the machine that makes the breakthrough possible. Syenta is building next-generation semiconductor manufacturing equipment using Localised Electrochemical Manufacturing, combining patterning and metallisation into a single tool. This role is not field service. It’s not maintenance. It’s not process integration from the sidelines. It’s end-to-end machine design for semiconductor capital equipment, from concept through build, commissioning, FAT, SAT and stable production. What You’ll Work On • Own the full machine lifecycle from requirements capture to production handover • Lead mechanical and mechatronic design across structure, motion, metrology, controls, pneumatics, safety and cleanroom integration • Develop and own the machine design specification • Specify precision components including motion stages, sensors, actuators, frames, vibration isolation, enclosures, PLCs, HMIs and vision systems • Design for sub-micron placement or overlay accuracy under real-world force, thermal load, vibration and process disturbance • Make cleanroom-compatible decisions across materials, finishes, lubrication, outgassing, particle generation and contamination control • Produce complete documentation across drawings, schematics, BoMs, manuals and operator instructions • Coordinate internal fabrication, external vendors, system integration and commissioning • Walk tools through FAT, SAT and into stable operation • Work with process, yield, reliability and quality teams to hit throughput, yield and uptime targets • Ensure machines comply with SEMI standards and relevant machine safety requirements What Matters Here • 8 years designing and delivering semiconductor capital equipment or directly comparable high-precision tools • Personally led mechanical or mechatronic design of a production semicon tool or major subsystem • Proven experience designing machines that hold sub-micron placement or overlay accuracy • Experience dealing with force, thermal load, vibration, environmental factors or process disturbance • Cleanroom-compatible design experience, ideally ISO Class 3 or better • Deep understanding of particle generation, contamination control, fab integration and materials management • Strong familiarity with SEMI standards • Direct commissioning, FAT, SAT and production handover experience • Strong mechanical design capability across precision structures, kinematic mounting, mechanisms, pneumatics and tolerancing • Solid cross-disciplinary fluency across electrical, controls, safety, production, quality and maintenance The Background That Fits You may have designed equipment across: • Semiconductor capital equipment • Lithography platforms • Nanoimprint lithography • Inspection or metrology tools • Electroplating, sputtering or CMP equipment • Wafer, reticle or template handling systems • Die bonding or photomask manufacturing equipment • Photonics or optics equipment • Advanced microfluidics • MEMS production • Vacuum systems • E-beam tools • High-end medical imaging or scientific instrumentation Nice to Have • SolidWorks, Inventor, CATIA or Fusion 360 • EPLAN or AutoCAD Electrical • Beckhoff TwinCAT, Siemens TIA Portal or Allen-Bradley • Cognex, Keyence or equivalent vision systems • SISTEMA or equivalent machine safety tools • SolidWorks PDM, Vault or similar PDM/PLM tools • Experience with ASML, Canon, Nikon, KLA or comparable semicon equipment environments Why This Role Is Different Some engineers design machines. Fewer have designed machines that need to hold sub-micron accuracy inside a cleanroom, survive real process conditions and then run reliably in production. That’s the bar here. You’ll own the machine, not just a module. The design, the build, the standards, the commissioning, the handover and the hard decisions in between. The Opportunity Syenta is taking a fundamentally different approach to semiconductor manufacturing. Lower cost. Lower energy use. Lower emissions and waste. High-speed, high-resolution metallisation in a single tool. You’ll be joining early enough to shape the equipment platform, the engineering standards and the way these machines move from breakthrough science into production reality. Apply Now If you’ve designed complex semiconductor capital equipment, or something genuinely close to it, this is a rare chance to build the machine behind a new manufacturing category.
