Applications Development Engineer (Surfscan Product)

Posted 18 Days Ago
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Singapore
3-5 Years Experience
Hardware • Semiconductor
The Role
The Applications Development Engineer will characterize next-gen semiconductor wafer inspection products, develop feature requirements and test plans, conduct tool demonstrations, and investigate yield issues while collaborating with engineering, marketing, and sales teams.
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Company Overview

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.

Group/Division

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. The Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Job Description

  • Characterization of next-generation, state-of-the art semiconductor wafer inspection products.

  • Develop and review feature requirements, design test plans, collect data, perform analysis, publish results and recommendations in the form of applications notes and best-known methods.

  • Conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase differentiated performance and develop use cases on new features that help drive tool sales.

  • Product value demonstration during beta testing, head-to-head (H2H) and evaluation tools in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration and adoption at customer sites.

  • Investigate semiconductor manufacturing yield issues and develop corresponding inspection solutions to monitor them.

  • Create and share product value statements and use cases with engineering, marketing and sales groups.

Minimum Qualifications

  • PhD Level Degree / Master's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Science, Engineering or related field.

  • Optics background is a plus.

  • Semiconductor processing knowledge is a plus.

  • International travel of up to 15% is required.

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

Top Skills

Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Material Science
Physics
The Company
HQ: Milipitas, CA
10,001 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

KLA develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward.

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