MKS Instruments makes instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions - vacuum, mass flow, gas analysis, RF power, and photonics - for semiconductor, industrial, and scientific customers.
MKS Instruments, founded in 1961 and headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, is a global provider of instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions that measure, monitor, deliver, analyze, power, and control critical parameters in advanced manufacturing and research. The company employs more than 10,000 people worldwide and holds more than 3,200 patents.
Its technical work spans process control, vacuum measurement and gauging, mass flow control, gas analysis, RF and microwave power generation, photonics, laser technology, and electronics packaging. Products include capacitance manometers, mass flow controllers, vacuum gauges, gas analyzers, and RF and microwave generators, alongside photonics solutions sold under the Newport, Ophir, and Spectra-Physics brands.
These capabilities serve semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, specialty industrial applications, and scientific research. Engineering and technical roles are typically concerned with precision measurement, power delivery, and process control at the component and subsystem level.
The company describes its culture in terms of collective curiosity and deep technical expertise, with an emphasis on precision and reliability in its work as a partner to its customers.
