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Principal Engineer, MEMS Development

SiTime Corporation


Job Location:

Munich - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 September 2026 (14 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About SiTime

SiTime is the Precision Timing company.


Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics ensuring performance resilience and scalability. For decades quartz devices non-silicon technology have kept systems in sync but they struggle in harsher more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy smaller size and resilience. Today MEMS timing powers over 400 applications including high-growth ones in AI datacenters automated driving industrial and humanoid robots wearables and IoT.


Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance smaller size lower power and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information visit: .


Job Summary

Join the team that is revolutionizing the timing industry with the best Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) timing products in the world. As a Principal MEMS Development Engineer you will use your technical and creative problem-solving skills to push forward MEMS technology and engineer resonators for SiTimes next-generation timing products. It is not necessary to meet all job requirements to be a qualified candidate for the position.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead definition and execution of challenging technical projects.
  • Advise management of challenges impact recommendations.
  • Develop new or improved resonators MEMS technologies and/or products.
  • Design MEMS devices and characterize their electrical mechanical and thermal performance on wafer level and/or device level.
  • Work with process team to drive continuous improvement in MEMS yields.
  • Extend and enhance automated infrastructure for MEMS design measurements and data analysis.
  • Design and analyze experiments to understand device physics materials and fabrication.
  • Interface with local and overseas vendors.
  • Work in cross-functional teams including circuits systems and packaging.
  • Working/supporting other projects as needed.

Qualifications & Requirements:

  • Ph.D. in ME EE Physics or equivalent
  • At least 3 years of industry experience.
  • Skilled scientist with ability to design conduct and analyze experiments.
  • Excellent problem identification and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent knowledge of mechanics electrodynamics thermodynamics.
  • Knowledge in fundamentals of MEMS devices physics and fabrication.
  • Experience with finite element simulation tools (COMSOL ANSYS) and data processing tools (Matlab Python).
  • Excellent interpersonal organizational written and verbal communication skills.
  • Passion for delivering exceptional results.

Desired Characteristics & Attributes:

  • 3 -10 years of industry experience.
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of programing languages circuits metrology equipment and methods.
  • Experience with Statistical analysis and tools such as R or JMP.
  • Experience in RF device characterization and RF prober systems
  • Knowledge in MEMS microfabrication.


Сompensation range:At SiTime we believe great work deserves great rewards. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive compensation package designed to attract top talent.


In addition to base salary this role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to the achievement of innovation goals reflecting our commitment to recognizing meaningful impact. We also offer equity grants providing a meaningful opportunity to share in the companys future growth and success.


SiTime is an
Equal Opportunity Employer. We treat each person fairly and we do not tolerate discrimination or harassment against anyone on the basis of any protected characteristics including race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability pregnancy political affiliation protected veteran status protected genetic information or marital status or other characteristics protected by law.

Learn More about SiTime:Review the Get to Know SiTime section of our career page to explore our culture values and what makes us unique.

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About Company

SiTime is a leader in MEMS timing solutions, having shipped billions of units. Learn about our silicon MEMS oscillators, TCXOs, OCXOs, MEMS resonators, clock generators, jitter cleaners, clock timing, timing clock, sitm stock, and much more.

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