.A Day in Your Life at MKS:We are looking for an exceptional SR. VAVE Electronic Engineer within our Global Supply Chain group who has a strong desire to learn and grow with an innovative company. We are a team of collaborators who value fresh thinking and believe in mutual respect, constructive candor, diversity, and inclusion. We believe in creating technology that transforms our world and are looking for like-minded individuals to join our team.This is an exciting opportunity to work in an international environment navigating multiple technologies, systems, processes, organizations, sites, cultures, and practices to understand and validate issues and facilitate solutions. The SR. VAVE Electronic Engineer will report to the Senior Manager, Global Cost and Value Engineering and will work with cross-functional teams that identify value/cost improvement opportunities and develop business cases and build implementation plans with the appropriate functions to enable value while minimizing risk. Ultimately, to ensure our customers' satisfaction.You Will Make an Impact by:Implementing Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) methodologies in collaboration with functional organizations (Engineering, Category Management, Sourcing Management, Project Management, Lean, etc.) on both released and newly developed products.Taking apart and thoroughly comparing different parts and products. This includes looking closely at how they are built, their functional elements, and how they perform, to identify subtle differences and gather valuable insights to improve and optimize them.Creating the VAVE process, developing and maintaining cost models for products or projects, considering various factors such as manufacturing processes, materials, and labor for leveraging in contract negotiations with suppliers.Providing support to project teams in formulating target costs for projects, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.Analyzing the material value of different product categories such as electrical, mechanical, and optics, or the result of sourcing events and summarizing financial opportunities along with business recommendations.Executing Category Management strategies, including developing cost models from new suppliers in new markets.Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability, and Manufacturing teams to ensure successfully achieving project milestones.Utilizing data analytics tools to analyze cost data, trends, and patterns.Flexibility to travel up to 20% of the time.Skills You Bring: (Required Skills):Bachelor's Degree in Electronic or Electrical engineering (or a related Engineering degree).5+ years of Electronic design (PCB, CAD or other design tools) experience.Ability to read, interpret & modify complex 2D & 3D CAD drawings (Solidworks, Autocad, etc.).Good understanding of manufacturing process/part fabrication knowledge.Fluent in English