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 Chance 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.

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