Company Overview
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
- Customer Engagement: Defines and executes customer specific product penetration, positioning, and market share strategies. Develops relationships with key customer technical buying influences and has a deep understanding of leading edge process and metrology technology.
- Collaborates with the FaST Marketing and Engineering teams and Home team to position and deliver differentiated product value and resolve customer issues.
- Works jointly with the BU and Service teams to execute PSA objectives.
- Has a strong understanding of the customer sales cycle and process. Jointly develops sales strategies in collaboration with account managers. Knowledge and application of KLA sales processes (Value/People, SPIN, etc).
- Able to mentor/coach engineers and can inspire and motivate team members.
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong background in wafer process flow and and CD/Film metrology control.
- 5 years IC/Fab experience with KLA tool knowledge (Film, SCD, etch, thin film is preferred; defect/inspection is also considered).
- Good Mandarin/English interpersonal skills.
- B.A./M.S. in an engineering/science-based field.
- Good presentation and proficient in project management skill.
- Good business acumen with understanding of customer technical issue with customer-focus.
- Able to work under stress, full of energy to own the team and able to confront multi-level challenges.
- Excellence in leadership and execution.
- Deal with things proactively with accountability and insightfulness.
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
- Five years of integrated circuit or fabrication experience
- Strong wafer process flow and CD/film metrology control background
- KLA tool knowledge, preferably Film, SCD, etch, or thin-film tools; defect or inspection experience also considered
- Good Mandarin and English interpersonal skills
- Bachelor's or master's degree in an engineering- or science-based field
- Strong presentation and project management skills
- Business acumen and understanding of customer technical issues
- Ability to work under stress and manage complex, multi-level challenges
- Leadership and execution skills
- Proactive ownership, accountability, and insightfulness
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 — 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.
KLA Insights
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.
