Our successful and internationally-recognized microelectronic product development company seeks motivated people to join our mission of helping emerging technologies to become the vital products of tomorrow. We specialize in developing MEMS, photonics and quantum sensors for medical, scientific and industrial products which will save and improve lives, reduce waste and decrease energy consumption. Our international customer base ranges from startups to large public companies.

Our small but mighty company offers employees unusual opportunities for personal and professional growth. In our inclusive and collegial work environment, your contributions will be recognized and valued by your colleagues and clients. You will be mentored as well as have the chance to be a mentor. You will interact directly with customers and top executives and be energized by seeing the immediate impact of your work on our customers’ success. You will have the opportunity to patent, to write about and to publicly present your ideas. Thanks to the wide range of advanced technologies we develop for different market end-uses, you will rapidly gain broad expertise in deep tech product design and manufacturing. Through site visits to our international customers, foundries and vendors, you will gain valuable insight into how the world-wide MEMS, semiconductor and photonics industries function.

Working at AMFitzgerald is well-suited for those who are early in their career and seek to learn more about commercializing cutting-edge microtechnologies, as well as for seasoned professionals who seek to expand their expertise base. AMFitzgerald is a great fit for anyone who loves doing something that’s never been done before.

We’re hiring

Sales Associate – Job Description

In this customer-facing role, you will be responsible for qualifying inbound inquiries and turning them into customer relationships and projects. You will present the company’s services at initial sales meetings and qualify opportunities. The sales process usually involves multiple touch points to build trust and define an appropriate scope of work, requiring strategic thinking and creativity. You will work with our technical team to draft customer proposals based on AMFitzgerald’s phased product development methodology. You will be fully trained by our team and will develop your sales skills by shadowing our senior staff in meetings.

Required

• Excellent speaking and writing skills in English; comfortable and eager to meet new people from diverse industries and cultures

• Experience with qualifying sales leads and managing a sales pipeline

• Drive and persistence to understand customer needs and identify how our services can address them

• Curiosity and excitement for cutting edge technologies and products

• Self-organized, able to operate in a low bureaucracy environment

• BS in engineering, physics, computer science or math; comfortable working with technical experts

• Work 3 days per week in Burlingame, CA office

• Travel to clients or trade shows up to 20% time

• Must be a US Citizen, permanent resident, or already authorized to work in the USA

Preferred

• Prior sales experience in a MEMS, sensors, or photonics company

• Networked in industries that depend on microelectronics or photonic components such as: optical networking and communications, medical devices, consumer products, aerospace

Company Benefits

• Base salary plus performance-based variable compensation

• Paid time off

• Medical, dental, vision plan and life insurance benefit

• 401k plan

Please submit your resume in PDF format (2 pages maximum) to careers@amfitzgerald.com. The subject line of your email must contain the text: "Sales Associate"

Staff MEMS Developer - Job Description

We are looking for an experienced MEMS engineer who thrives on intellectual variety and who can manage multiple diverse projects simultaneously, with timelines varying from one month to several years. You will work as both an individual contributor and a project manager to develop and design prototypes of a wide variety of microtechnologies including MEMS and MEMS-adjacent (e.g. photonics, free space optics, biomedical) sensors and actuators for consumer, medical, industrial, and AI infrastructure end uses. Typical project work will consist of requirements specification, feasibility studies, chip design and modeling, process integration, managing prototyping and low volume production, test plan development, electronics and package design, and foundry transfer. You will also advise colleagues and be a key technical contact to our customers.

This position will provide career growth opportunities not found in typical corporate engineering jobs: you will have regular interaction with C-level executives at companies and foundries in the global MEMS industry and with venture investors; opportunity for business travel to Europe and Asia; and public speaking, patenting and publication opportunities.

Required

• Self-directed and organized, with a can-do attitude, proven multi-tasker

• Can tolerate ambiguity and a variable workload (which can range from 30-50 hours/week)

• Excellent engineering fundamentals, with an MS or PhD degree in Engineering or Physics

• At least 6 years with a PhD or 8 years with an MS of MEMS or MEMS-adjacent design development and process integration experience in a commercial setting and ideally with a variety of device types

• Project management or technical team leadership experience

• Finite element modeling (ANSYS or COMSOL)

• English fluency; excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• You must be able to work onsite at our Burlingame, CA office at least 3 days per week

• You must already be authorized to work in the USA (US citizen, green card or valid visa). Our company uses E-Verify to validate documents

Preferred

• Optical MEMS design (mirrors, gratings, Fabry-Perot, etc.)

• Ultrasound MEMS design for ranging and imaging (PMUT, CMUT)

• Photomask design skills (L-edit preferred)

• SolidWorks CAD skills

• Basic circuit and/or photonics design

• Sensor readout, control and/or wireless communications circuit design (board-level or ASIC interface)

• Electrical and physical sensor testing (wafer or chip-level)

• MEMS package design and assembly

• Matlab, C, or Python programming 

• Embedded system programming

• Hands-on MEMS or semiconductor fabrication experience (university fab experience is acceptable)

• Experience with transfer to foundry, foundry process platforms and foundry production

Company Benefits

• Base salary plus variable based on performance

• Paid time off

• Medical, dental, vision plan and life insurance benefit

• 401k plan

• Profit-sharing bonuses

Please email your resume to careers@amfitzgerald.com according to the following instructions:

• The subject line of your email must contain the text: "Staff MEMS Developer"

• Resume in PDF format, not to exceed three pages. (Hint: We are more interested in a detailed description of your engineering skills and experiences than a list of every article you've ever published.)

• No phone calls, please!