Job mission

As a Senior Engineer II, Field Process, you play a critical role in enabling our customers’ success at the most advanced semiconductor technology nodes. Based in Higashi Hiroshima, you will work hands‑on at customer sites, leading complex process qualifications, resolving high‑impact tool and process issues, and partnering closely with customers and internal teams across the globe. Your expertise directly contributes to ASM’s reputation for technical excellence, reliability, and long‑term customer partnerships.

What you will be working on

• Plan, execute, oversee, and document process qualifications for new installations, conversions, and continuous improvement retrofits for PE‑CVD, PE‑ALD, ALD, CVD, and epitaxy reactors at customer sites
• Lead structured problem‑solving activities to identify root causes, develop robust solutions, and support rapid closure of tool excursion escalations during install and sustaining phases
• Act as a senior technical interface for customers, understanding current needs, identifying new opportunities, and anticipating future process requirements to build long‑term, trusted partnerships
• Develop, maintain, and standardize process recipes, experimental data, and technical documentation for use by internal teams and external stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on customer experience, tool performance, productivity, cost reduction, and process robustness
• Provide hands‑on field engineering support when required, including assembly, disassembly, calibration, decommissioning, and troubleshooting of advanced electro‑mechanical semiconductor capital equipment
• Collaborate closely with global hardware, process, R&D, and service teams to align field feedback with product and process improvements

What we are looking for

• Valid work authorization to work in Japan
• Master’s degree or higher in a materials‑focused STEM discipline such as materials science or engineering, physics, chemistry, electronic engineering, or nanotechnology
• Or a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with relevant professional experience in semiconductor processing or capital equipment
• Strong experience or solid technical foundation in one or more of the following: PE‑CVD, PE‑ALD, ALD, CVD, epitaxy, etch, PVD, surface preparation, photolithography, high‑temperature processing, or materials characterization
• Applied experience using data or signal processing tools such as Python, R, MATLAB, JMP, Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent
• Commitment to strong safety and quality cultures, both internally and at customer sites
• Good mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work effectively in cleanroom and office environments for extended periods, both on‑site and remotely
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across organizations, cultures, and disciplines while managing multiple priorities

What sets you apart

• Experience in customer‑facing roles within the semiconductor, capital equipment, or advanced manufacturing industries
• Proven ability to lead complex technical discussions with customers and internal stakeholders
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (typically 10–40%) to support customer sites across Japan, Asia, the US, and Europe
• Professional fluency in English
• Japanese language proficiency suitable for customer and on‑site collaboration is highly valued; additional languages are a plus

Position Summary:

As a Mass Properties Engineer, you will be responsible for the weight and balance management of our next-generation eVTOL aircraft. You will track, calculate, and optimize the mass properties (mass, CG, and moments of inertia) throughout the entire product lifecycle—from conceptual design to flight testing and certification. Your work is critical to ensuring the aircraft meets performance targets, safety requirements, and JCAB/FAA certification standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Weight & Balance Management: Establish and maintain the aircraft’s mass properties database using PLM software and specialized weight management tools.
• Estimation & Analysis: Perform detailed weight estimations for primary structures, propulsion systems (batteries/motors), and avionics during the design phase.
• CG Control: Monitor Center of Gravity (CG) envelopes and provide design recommendations to engineering teams to ensure the aircraft remains within controllable limits.
• Inertia Calculations: Calculate and analyze Moments of Inertia (MOI) and Products of Inertia (POI) for flight dynamics modeling and control law development.
• Reporting: Generate Mass Properties Reports (MPR) for design reviews and regulatory compliance (e.g., SAWE RP8).
• Verification: Lead physical weighing activities of components, sub-assemblies, and the fully integrated aircraft to validate digital models.
• Optimization: Identify weight reduction opportunities and lead "weight sweeps" to improve the aircraft’s payload capacity and range.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in mass properties engineering within the aerospace industry.
• Proficiency in CAD software (CATIA V5, NX, or SolidWorks, etc...) to extract mass data.
• Experience with weight management software.
• Strong understanding of SAWE Recommended Practices.
• Proficiency in Excel/VBA, Python, or MATLAB for data analysis and automation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in eVTOL sector
• Experience with composite structures and high-voltage battery systems mass characteristics.
• Knowledge of certification processes.
• Experience in flight test support and actual aircraft weighing operations.

What We Offer:

• Strong communication skills to interact with design owners, systems engineers, manufacturing, and program management.
• High rigor, attention to detail, and ownership of integration issues.
• Ability to synthesize complex technical topics concisely. 
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements.

Type of Employment

• Permanent Employee or Contract Employee
• Probationary period: 3 or 6 month

Place of Employment

• Nagoya Airport Office: Nagoya Airport Terminal Building 2nd floor, Toyoba, Toyoyama-Cho, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture
  • Measures to Prevent Secondhand Smoke: Smoking Room Provided
• Scope of Change: Places determined by the Company (including places where telework is performed)

Working Hours

• Discretionary labor system
  • Discretionary Labor System: Specialized Class Deemed working hours per day: 10 hours
• Basic working hours: Start 9:00　End 18:00（Including 1hour break time）
  • Overtime Work: Available

Holidays

• 115 days off per year（Saturday / Sundays / Newyear holidays（12/29～1/3） / Company designated holidays）
• Annual paid leave
• Refresh leave (Granted after 1, 3, 4, 5 years of service)

Salary

• Estimated Annual Salary: JPY 7,000,000 - JPY 12,000,000
• Monthly Salary: JPY 584,000 - JPY 1,000,000
  • Includes fixed overtime pay for 45 hours, amounting to JPY 202,181 - JPY 346,205
    *Additional overtime pay will be provided for hours exceeding the fixed overtime.
• To be determined based on skills, experience, and abilities

Expenses

• Commuting allowance, business trip allowance, moving allowance, etc.
• Relocation Packages
  *There are some conditions.

Social Insurance

• Health insurance
• Employee pension (according to Japan standards)
• Employment insurance
• Worker’s accident compensation insurance

Scope of Work Change

• Reassignment may occur to any other work.

Job Description

This is an opportunity for students and researchers of advanced data modeling and statistical learning methods to apply these techniques to market prediction and systematic trading.

Job Responsibilities

• Pre-process (validate, clean, normalize, reduce dimension) very large data sets for model estimation and event studies
• Identify features and relationships useful for the predictive modeling of market dynamics

Desirable Candidates

• Undergraduate, MS, or PhD candidates in finance, computer science, mathematics, physics, or other quantitative discipline
• Programming in any of the following: C++, Java, C#, MATLAB, R, Python, or Perl
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Demonstrated interest in financial markets and systematic trading
• Clear, concise, and proactive communicator
• Detail-oriented
• Willing to take ownership of his/her work, working both independently and within a small team

The annual base salary is $120,000-$180,000 (USD) which will be prorated based on internship start and end date. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.