Company Overview
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
Responsibilities
Work closely with division different organizations including engineering, sales and marketing within K-T and with customer engineers outside K-T and provide high level applications support of complex Overlay measurement systems.
Customer support:
Manage in-house customer demonstrations and head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer sites. Conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase tool performance and develop use cases to help drive tool sales.
Design experiments to characterize tool/subcomponent performance, demonstrate product value in alpha testing, beta testing and pilot tool support in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration/adoption at customer facilities at customers site.
Develop recipes to model complex optical applications and optimize tool performance;
Provide escalation support to onsite field service engineer; leading and coordinating remote/local troubleshooting;
Product development:
Characterize next generation state-of-the art overlay measurement products.
Design test plans, collect and analyze data, publish results and recommendations in the form of applications notes, best known methods.
Form training materials and transfer new production knowledge and application capabilities to worldwide apps support team.
Work closely with division system and algo team and be creative to develop software offline tools for data analysis, feature development.
Focused customers:
Worldwide travel (> 50%) is required.
Qualifications:
Candidate must have MS, or PHD in Physics, or related engineering fields, such as optics, materials science, and microelectronics.
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
Must be self-driven and independent, while still being a strong team player.
Proficient in the English language, and working effectively with different cultures.
Matlab/Python experience is a plus.
Minimum Qualifications
Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; 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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Skills Required
- MS or PhD in Physics or related engineering fields
- 3 years related work experience with a Master's Degree
- 5 years related work experience with a Bachelor's Degree
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Superb communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in English and working with different cultures
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 — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) plan with company matching and financial planning support. Student debt assistance and related financial benefits reinforce long-term savings and security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Ownership programs include an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and broad-based RSU participation that extend equity beyond a narrow group. These elements complement competitive pay and bonuses to strengthen total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs span paid time off, paid company holidays, and paid volunteer time. Family care and bonding leave and back-up care services add flexibility during life events.
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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.





