Sr. Reliability Engineer

Base Pay Range: $132,600.00 - $225,400.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits identified below. Interns are eligible for some of the benefits identified below. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed above reflects the minimum and maximum pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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

In this exciting role you will Lead Reliability activities and Best Practices for both New Product Development and Sustaining Product CIPs.

Additional Responsibilities will include:

• Participate in Product Life Cycle management review meetings.
• Train design engineering community, as needed, on reliability principles and techniques.
• Work with Engineering, Service and Manufacturing to develop Reliability Plans and present to Sr Management and Engineers
• Develop Reliability Block Diagrams and Allocation Models, FMECA, Analysis for new products and assemblies. Identify gaps and develop plan to close.
• Attend design reviews and provide input and assistance regarding Design for Reliability. Perform reliability data analyses using WEIBULL, MTBF, MTBI, L10, L90, etc.
• Work closely with engineering, service, manufacturing and quality organizations to collect and analyze data from engineering, manufacturing and field to track and calculate reliability metrics. Implement SW and tools to automate and simplify this analysis.
• Perform data analysis using appropriate reliability techniques such as Weibull, Duane, RGA, Reliasoft, Blocksim, etc.
• Work with engineering to identify and develop jigs, tooling, fixtures as necessary to conduct internal reliability testing on key components and assemblies as well as work with external reliability test vendors as necessary.
• Manage critical suppliers, as needed, for reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

MS in ME, Physics or other relevant Engineering discipline with 4+ years experience in Reliability Engineering and Analysis.

• Experience with reliability of Mechanical, Opto-Mechanical and electronic systems reliability.
• Good hands-on skills desirable.
• Experience with Reliability analysis tools such as Reliasoft and Blocksim

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.