Jobs at KLA

Provides technical customer support for semiconductor inspection products through demonstrations, product adoption, troubleshooting, training, and yield-improvement solutions. Develops customer applications, test plans, characterization studies, best-known methods, applications notes, and technical publications. Collaborates with engineering, sales, marketing, global applications teams, and customer engineers while supporting new product introductions, beta testing, and customer-site activities requiring more than 30% travel.

Develop and improve manufacturing processes and designs for advanced scanning electron microscopy systems. Resolve complex system interaction and field issues, analyze data and models, define manufacturability requirements, create system test and troubleshooting processes, and lead cross-functional project plans. The role also supports beta testing at customer sites and requires deep technical expertise in systems engineering, electron optics, vacuum systems, and high voltage.

Design and manufacturing engineer supporting advanced eBeam SEM instruments. Responsibilities include diagnosing system issues, analyzing data, building optimization models, developing manufacturing processes, improving designs for manufacturability, creating troubleshooting procedures, leading cross-disciplinary projects, and providing field and supplier escalation support with up to 25% travel.

The Sr. FPGA Engineer designs and implements FPGA and firmware for E-beam inspection systems, collaborates with teams on performance specifications, and maintains technical documentation.

Supports Product Marketing Operations by coordinating system configuration documents, demand tracking, quote reviews, sample demonstrations, factory visits, and RFQ responses. The role manages document generation and revision control, coordinates with Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Marketing, supports demo scheduling and statistics, and facilitates communications with SAP subcontractors. Strong organization, communication, attention to detail, and proficiency with SAP, PowerPoint, and Excel are expected.

Design and develop precision robotic platforms, mechanisms, automation equipment, fixtures, tooling, and sensor-integrated mechanical systems. Own requirements, concept development, detailed design, tolerance analysis, prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, and system integration. Perform structural, thermal, and vibration analyses while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver innovative, reliable automation solutions for advanced manufacturing.

Design and develop electrical systems for high-performance laser subsystems used in wafer inspection and metrology. Responsibilities include electrical architecture, laser controllers, sensor interfaces, motion control, power distribution, safety interlocks, schematics, PCB layouts, closed-loop regulation, testing, validation, troubleshooting, and compliance with electrical, EMC, and laser safety standards. The role collaborates with optical, mechanical, systems, and research engineering teams to deliver reliable laser products.

Develops and implements innovative algorithms for next-generation optical metrology systems used in semiconductor manufacturing. Responsibilities include research, feasibility analysis, solution development, qualification testing, data analysis, and on-tool implementation. The role collaborates across multidisciplinary teams and requires independent judgment in solving complex signal and image processing problems.

Supports semiconductor metrology product development and customer applications through characterization, testing, gap analysis, and problem resolution. Leads small projects, develops test plans, executes field tests, documents technical methods, creates training materials, and supports product demonstrations. The role requires customer interaction, technical education, diagnosis of moderately complex issues, and understanding of semiconductor manufacturing use cases.

Lead global trade compliance operations across regions, including export control blocks, restricted-party screening, HTS/ECCN classification, customs documentation, order release, and shipment escalations. Review import/export data, assess licensing and sanctions requirements, coordinate with brokers and logistics partners, manage operational reporting controls, and improve procedures, training, governance, and audit readiness.

Provides on-site and remote technical support for complex semiconductor capital equipment. Diagnoses, troubleshoots, repairs, and updates systems; coordinates with customers to reduce downtime; evaluates equipment and process safety issues; prepares service reports and customer quotes; supports installation engineers; and travels to customer facilities and trade shows.

Designs and develops enterprise AI agents, copilots, plugins, connectors, and workflow automations across Microsoft and Google platforms. Integrates AI solutions with enterprise applications including SAP, ServiceNow, Snowflake, Workday, Oracle, SharePoint, and Dataverse. Translates business requirements into practical AI solutions while following architecture, governance, security, privacy, and responsible AI standards. Creates proofs of concept, documentation, training materials, and adoption guidance while collaborating with architects, security teams, platform owners, and business stakeholders.

Manages U.S. import compliance for semiconductor equipment, parts, electronics, software, and related technologies. Responsibilities include tariff classification, customs documentation review, broker oversight, CBP inquiries, audits, compliance controls, process design, dashboards, analytics, automation, regulatory monitoring, and cross-functional trade compliance initiatives.

Qualify software products through functional, regression, performance, reliability, and system-level testing. Design test plans and automated testing solutions, analyze results, and produce qualification reports and documentation. Collaborate with engineering, product, manufacturing, marketing, and customer support teams throughout the software lifecycle. Apply Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, and data analytics to improve test design, defect analysis, quality insights, and engineering productivity. Travel to customer fabrication facilities for deployment and troubleshooting as needed.

Designs and develops complex mechatronic systems for semiconductor metrology equipment. Responsibilities include precision motion system design, motor and air-bearing development, CFD-based thermal and flow analysis, data collection, calibration, scripting, hardware testing, system integration, troubleshooting, experimental validation, and translating customer requirements into test plans and robust hardware designs.

Designs and validates sophisticated optical imaging systems for semiconductor inspection and metrology. Responsibilities include optical modeling, tolerance analysis, alignment, imaging performance validation, hands-on laboratory problem solving, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The role requires expertise in imaging aberrations, Fourier optics, polarization, radiometry, CodeV or LightTools, and intermediate MATLAB or Python skills. International travel of up to 20% may be required.

Develops and tests next-generation chemical analysis devices for semiconductor manufacturing. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, conceptual design, microfluidic and spectrophotometric technology evaluation, material compatibility testing, test planning, troubleshooting, vendor coordination, and system performance validation. The role collaborates with mechanical, electrical, software, applications, and R&D teams, supports manufacturing and field customers, and leads advanced troubleshooting of complex analytical equipment. Occasional domestic and international travel under 20% is required.

Provides advanced technical support for semiconductor manufacturing tools, troubleshooting issues through escalation processes and coordinating solutions with field service and division engineering teams. Delivers technical training to field personnel and customers, supports new product introductions, and develops SOPs and troubleshooting guides for hardware activities. Requires extensive semiconductor industry experience, expertise with PVD, CVD, or Etch tools, strong communication skills, fluent English, and travel throughout Asia.

Leads an Applications Engineering team supporting semiconductor metrology products across characterization, application development, product qualification, and customer engagements. Responsibilities include developing measurement recipes and models, designing experiments, supporting demonstrations and evaluations, delivering technical training, documenting best practices, transferring knowledge globally, and collaborating with engineering, product management, sales, marketing, service, and customers to advance product roadmaps.

Lead software development programs for semiconductor wafer inspection systems, coordinating software, systems, algorithm, applications, hardware, and firmware teams. Manage product integration, customer requirements, risks, schedules, KPIs, and cross-functional readiness across marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, and service. Support new product introduction from inception through delivery while ensuring performance, reliability, cost, manufacturability, and serviceability goals.