To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.
Group/Division
KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, assembly methods, alignment procedures, and test methodologies for high-precision Electron Optics systems.
- Work closely with Operations, Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain to resolve system-level manufacturing and product performance issues
- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for yield, reliability, performance, and manufacturability issues using data-driven problem-solving methodologies.
- Identify manufacturing risks early in the product development cycle and drive mitigation plans through design reviews, process validation, and production readiness activities.
- Acting independently, devise and drive innovative analyses and solutions for complex problems.
- Analyze data and/or utilize modeling to drive process, specifications, and design improvements.
- Setup complex project plans, across multiple resources disciplines, and drive to completion.
- Partner with suppliers and external manufacturing partners to develop and qualify critical components, processes, and technologies.
- Travel up to 15%
Qualifications
Preferred experience:
- Experience with Electron Optics and High Voltage for scanning electron microscopes or equivalent a plus.
Requirements:
- Masters or Doctorate in Physics, Electron optics or related fields.
- Entry level Doctorate candidates with strong relevant knowledge, and/or relevant instrument hands-on experience is welcomed.
- Possess strong troubleshooting and analytical skills to support technical issues, set-up experiments, modeling, and data analysis.
- Ability to champion his/her technical solutions to manufacturability issues found with the design.
- Ability to create effective technical presentations up to the divisional level.
Minimum Qualifications
Doctorate (Academic) , Master's Level Degree or work experience of 2 years , Bachelor's Level Degree or work experience of 3 yearsAbout KLA
We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.
Use of AI Statement
At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.
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.
Skills Required
- Master's or doctorate in physics, electron optics, or a related field
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience of three years
- Master's degree or equivalent work experience of two years
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Ability to set up experiments, perform modeling, and analyze data
- Ability to develop and champion technical solutions for manufacturability issues
- Ability to create effective technical presentations up to the divisional level
- Experience with electron optics and high voltage for scanning electron microscopes or equivalent
- Entry-level doctorate candidates with strong relevant knowledge or hands-on instrument experience
KLA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about KLA and has not been reviewed or approved by KLA.
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Retirement Support — U.S. programs include a formulaic 401(k) employer match with clearly described plan designs in company materials. Consistent plan structure and employer matching signal strong support for long‑term savings.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A broad base of employees is eligible for RSUs and can participate in an ESPP, extending ownership beyond executives. Company materials position equity as a core component of total compensation.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A quarterly profit‑sharing program and performance bonuses are outlined in filings, providing regular variable pay opportunities. These incentives complement base pay and equity to lift overall earnings in strong periods.
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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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