Manager, Software Engineering

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.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

Onto Innovations is a worldwide leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of defect inspection, advanced packaging lithography, process control metrology, and data analysis systems and software used by semiconductor device manufacturers worldwide. Onto Innovation provides a full-fab solution through its families of proprietary products that provide critical yield-enhancing information and real time process control responses, enabling microelectronic device manufacturers to drive down the costs and time to market of their products. The Company’s expanding portfolio of equipment and software solutions is used in both the wafer processing and final manufacturing of ICs, and in adjacent markets such as FPD, and LED manufacturing.

The User Experience (UX) Design Leader role is available in Onto’s Hsinchu, Taiwan location. The primary responsibility of this individual will be focused on helping modernize our existing application products used in support of semiconductor manufacturing and yield optimization.

The right candidate will have opportunities to work with experienced software engineering teams to simplify complex user experiences in our powerful analytics and analysis portfolio of software and work directly with our field service team and customers to more directly understand how to make user-centric design decisions that matter in our software UI. We are on a mission to modernize industry practices and drive adoption for the latest generation of engineers entering the market.

Responsibilities :

• Reporting to the GM of the Software Division at Onto, create, articulate, and evangelize ONTO’s UX strategy and vision for a best-in-class, end-to-end user experience, translating into an action plan that you drive in collaboration with product, engineering, and other key business leaders. Manage a small team of designers; work in a cross-functional team to establish the design delivery process, working in concert with Product Management and software engineering, ensuring consistency in experience and clarity in expectations.
• Lead and own all aspects of a User-Centered Design process including user research, user experience design, visual design, design systems, and general systems thinking.
• Employ rapid prototyping tactics to deliver and validate ideas with speed and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement high-quality design concepts that achieve our user goals.
• Design complex user interfaces rich in information and interactivity by creating visual hierarchy through aesthetic clarity
• Ensure strong visual design and consistency across features and product lines.
• Support the completion of a design system : defining product identity, principles and best practices and mapping the to the specific components and patterns that our product will employ.
• Help shape product strategy, aligning user needs and business goals.
• Work with partners to develop timelines, product roadmaps and requirements.
• Drive product discovery and participate in research activities to identify user pain points, opportunities etc., and use findings to inform work.
• Get hands on creating customer journeys, conceptual models, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs.
• Work with product and engineering on planning, managing priorities, and potentially staffing.
• Present your work to stakeholders at all levels in organization, providing rationale for decisions

Qualifications

What you need to qualify :

Onto Innovation Inc. offers competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including health / dental / vision / life / disability, PTO, 401K plan with employer match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) along with health & wellness initiatives. We provide a collaborative working environment along with resources, and state-of-the-art tools & equipment to promote success; and a welcoming, inclusive corporate culture where individuals are recognized for their contributions.

Onto Innovation Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Onto Innovation Inc., Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and / or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.

Benefits

Onto Innovation believes that our employees are our most important assets., For this reason, we offer a comprehensive benefits and rewards programs to help protect your welfare and financial security., Physical HealthOnto Innovation provides comprehensive health benefits to support you and your family while also promoting wellness., Financial Health Onto Innovation makes it easy to save for retirement and provide a level of financial security as you and your family look to the future. We offer retirement savings and employee stock purchase to help you ensure your financial security., Wellbeing Health We provide generous time-off benefits that acknowledge the family needs and lifestyle of our diverse workforce., Career Growth At Onto Innovation, we believe our success as a business is dependent upon the skills, knowledge, talents, energy and dedication of our employees. We take pride in providing a work environment that encourages you to develop professionally. We offer a host of opportunities to help you learn, develop, and become Onto Innovation ambassadors and our best recruiters!, Community Connections Onto Innovation understands we all benefit from a healthy community. Whether through our Employee Giving Matching Program or site-specific programs for local communities, we encourage you to be an active participant in your home community., Check us out on our socials Begin your journey with Onto Innovation by staying up to date with our latest news, events, stories and more.,