[2026 Campus] Regional Development Applications Engineer

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. Central Engineering is KLA's largest engineering organization comprised of 9 Centers-of-Excellence (CoE) in various disciplines applied across all product groups in the company. These CoE include Handling & Automation, Precision Motion Control, Sensors & Image Acquisition, Platform Design, and Packaging Engineering, among others. Talent includes over 500 engineers across global centers in Israel, China, India, and the US. Each CoE contributes not just talent and deliverables per discipline toward product programs, but also subject matter expertise, best practices, roadmaps, specialized facilities, apparatus, models, and analytics. These differentiate KLA not only in WHAT we do, but also in HOW we do it.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Job Description:

Responsibilities

Responsible for providing high level applications support of KLA-Tencor’s Wafer Inspection and Metrology products.

Job responsibilities include:

Work closely with many organizations including engineering, sales and marketing within K-T and with customer engineers outside K-T.

Conduct new product introduction projects, e.g. product characterization, alpha testing, beta testing and pilot tool support in the ramp phase.

Provide escalation support to onsite field service engineer; leading and coordinating remote/local troubleshooting;

Perform experiments to characterize tool/subcomponent performance and develop recipes to model complex optical applications;

Provide application support and training to customers. Applications engineer is also responsible for generating best known method (BKM) documents and other training materials and transferring product knowledge to K-T's worldwide Field Applications team. Lastly, he/she will work closely with customers to develop solutions to problems, and publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals.

In addition, applications engineer will manage in-house customer demonstrations and head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer facilities.

Worldwide travel (no less than 50%, up to 90%, depending on different projects) is required to support products.

Preferred Qualifications

- Strong troubleshooting skills, combined with a methodical approach, and clear communication

- Well-organized, strong follow-up abilities, demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

- Have training in semiconductor or related fields. Having a background in IC processing/Semiconductor equipment is a plus.

- Have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skill.

- Be self-driven and independent working capable, meanwhile a strong team player.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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