Company Overview
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
Design precision components, modules, and subsystems, with a focus on mechanical design.
Responsibilities:
- Drive product requirements definition and specification.
- Conduct feasibility studies and evaluate technical solutions.
- Support project cost estimation and scheduling activities.
- Develop conceptual and detailed designs, including detailed drawings using 3D CAD tools (Creo/ProE).
- Perform tolerance stack-up analyses and apply GD&T methodologies.
- Conduct and support engineering analyses, including thermal, vibration, fluid, and FEA simulations (advantage).
- Lead and participate in design reviews throughout the development process.
- Procure prototype parts and support vendor interactions.
- Assemble, integrate, and test prototypes and subsystems.
- Support system integration, verification, and validation activities.
- Develop assembly and test procedures.
- Release engineering documentation and transfer designs to manufacturing.
Minimum Qualifications
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering.
At least 3 years of experience in mechanical design.
Experience with various manufacturing and fabrication methods, motion system design, and DFX principles.
Experience working on multidisciplinary systems.
Strong understanding of GD&T and tolerance analysis.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
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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Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering
- At least 3 years of mechanical design experience
- Experience with manufacturing and fabrication methods
- Experience with motion system design
- Experience with Design for X principles
- Experience working on multidisciplinary systems
- Strong understanding of GD&T and tolerance analysis
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Experience with thermal, vibration, fluid, and FEA simulations
KLA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
