Sr R&D Optical Engineer

Base Pay Range: $154,000.00 - $261,800.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

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Company Overview

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.

Group/Division

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 Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

The Advanced Development of FaST Division is seeking for an experienced optical engineer and designer to develop the next generation innovative optical metrology products.

Responsibilities

• Take the top-level specifications from system architect, translate into optical design and manufacturing requirements, propose optimized solutions through evaluating trade-offs such as light budget, error budget, system performance and manufacturability.

• Design, model, and analyze sophisticated optical systems using softwares such as Zemax, LightTools, Lumerical, Matlab, Python for ray tracing, tolerancing, wavefront analysis, stray light analysis, polarization analysis, Fourier analysis, as well as physical modeling including diffraction, interference, scattering.

• Design and specify high precision optical components and modules, such as lasers, mirrors, lenses, polarizers, spectrometers, detectors, cameras, photoelastic- and acoustic-optical devices.

• Drive and work with vendors and resources such as opto-mechanical engineers, system engineers, and NPI engineers to design, procure, build, characterize, integrate, validate, and release optical systems to production.

• Develop optical alignment method, metrology process, alignment fixture and data analytics of optical components and systems.

• Resolve and analyze optical problems that arise with the system.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years' design experience of optomechanical modules and subsystems is required.

• Optical design expertise using Zemax, LightTools

• Solid background in optics such as polarization, Fourier optics, Vacuum UV optics, Mid-IR optics, imaging system aberrations, spectrometer aberration as well as lasers and detectors.

• Experience in high precision and sophisticated optical alignment, imaging, and performance validation.

• Knowledges of spectroscopic ellipsometry, reflectometry, interferometry, holography are plus.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 5 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 12 years

The company offers a total rewards package that is competitive and comprehensive including but not limited to the following: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.