Product Development 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. The RAPID division is the world leading provider of reticle inspection solutions for the semiconductor industry. The company provides inspection solutions to both the mask shops and the semiconductor fabs to ensure that lithography yields are consistently high thus enabling cost-effective manufacturing.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

KLA is seeking a motivated individual with a growth mindset and strong ownership for a Product Development Engineer. The qualified candidate will join a high-caliber team developing the next generation mask inspection platform. The candidate will act as a lead, and coordinate across multiple engineering functions: working with mechanical, electron optics, electrical, software, and other systems engineers to meet the technical, schedule, and budgetary requirements.

Ideal candidate should have a strong and diverse technical background and preferably have experience taking projects from requirements through first article testing, and hand off to manufacturing.

The role will involve requirements development, system design, and testing of sophisticated inspection systems using expertise from multiple technical fields.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Strong work ethnic and attention to details are essential elements for success.

The selected candidate will:

• Calibrate, characterize, and verify the performance of electron beam systems to ensure they meet specifications.

• Diagnose and resolve tool issues, identifying root causes and driving them to resolution.

• Plan and coordinate tool activities with internal engineering teams.

• Provide onsite and remote technical support at customer cleanroom.

• Analyze system and performance data, identify trends, and present findings and recommendations to engineering and customer stakeholders.

• Collaborate across global teams and time zones, and help onboard and develop newer engineers.

• Travel to customer sites as needed to support tool activites.

• Up to 25% travel, international or domestic.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of charged particle dynamics theory.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Background in optics, physics, or related field.

• Knowledge of basic image processing/computer vision.

• Knowledge of electron gun/HV design.

• Experience with semiconductor inspection, metrology, or comparable precision optical/electronic systems.

• Knowledge of sensor characterization, and signal/data analysis.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 0 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; bachelor’s Level Degree and related work experience of 5 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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