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.
- Technical Problem Solving: Independently diagnose and resolve complex system-interaction issues on advanced SEM instruments.
- Data & Modeling: Analyze data and build models to optimize processes, improve specifications, and upgrade designs.
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Deliver critical manufacturing requirements directly to design engineers to improve production efficiency.
- Process Development: Create, execute, and maintain testing and troubleshooting procedures for complex systems.
- Project Management: Build and lead cross-disciplinary project plans from inception to completion.
- Global Field Support: Provide "fly-and-fix" support for critical field and supplier escalations. (up to 25% travel).
- Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
- Experience: 2+ years in systems engineering or a related field. Entry-level Master’s candidates with strong matching skills are highly encouraged to apply.
- Analytical Skills: Expert troubleshooting, experimental setup, modeling, and data analysis capabilities.
- Communication: Ability to champion technical solutions to design teams and deliver high-level presentations to divisional leadership.
- Preferred Knowledge: Hands-on experience with vacuum systems, electron optics, and high-voltage systems is a major plus.
Minimum Qualifications
Doctorate level degree with 0 years, Master's Level Degree or work experience of 1 years , Bachelor's Level Degree or work experience of 2 years
About 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
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
- At least 2 years of experience in systems engineering or a related field, or equivalent degree-based experience
- Expert troubleshooting, experimental setup, modeling, and data analysis capabilities
- Ability to communicate technical solutions to design teams and present to divisional leadership
- Hands-on experience with vacuum systems, electron optics, and high-voltage systems
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.
KLA Insights
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.
