To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.
Group/Division
The KLA Services team consists of Service Sales, Marketing, Spares Supply Chain Management, Field Operations, Engineering, Product Training, Digital Solutions and Analytics, and Technical Product Support. Our services organization maximizes the value of our customers' KLA assets – with highly trained service and product support engineers providing installation services and 24/7 technical support and parts delivery through our extensive supply chain network.What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
The Opportunity
- Serve as the second-level technical escalation resource for ongoing issues involving KLA semiconductor equipment when field product support teams are unable to resolve the problem.
- Assist field engineers with diagnosing, troubleshooting, and debugging sophisticated optical, electrical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical equipment, including computer-control systems and integrated software solutions.
- Apply in-depth system knowledge and a strong understanding of equipment operating principles to isolate complex or ambiguous failures.
- Perform hands-on, system-level problem solving to identify root cause, determine corrective action, and minimize equipment downtime.
- Exercise sound technical judgment within broadly defined practices and policies when selecting troubleshooting methods, diagnostic techniques, and recovery actions.
- Collaborate with product specialists, engineering teams, field organizations, and other technical partners to develop an optimized plan of action.
- Drive escalated issues toward resolution, restore equipment functionality, and support a positive customer outcome.
- Travel to customer locations regionally and worldwide, sometimes on short notice, to support critical escalated issues on-site.
- Document troubleshooting processes, diagnostic results, technical findings, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
- Prepare clear service reports and postmortem reports following significant technical events.
- Support equipment installation, relocation, modification, or upgrade activities as needed.
- Provide technical training, knowledge transfer, and troubleshooting guidance to field engineers and other technical personnel
What We’re Looking For
- Demonstrated hands-on equipment problem-solving and troubleshooting experience.
- Experience working with semiconductor manufacturing equipment, semiconductor capital equipment, or other sophisticated capital equipment.
- Ability to troubleshoot integrated systems involving optical, electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical, computer-control, and software components.
- Ability to move beyond symptom identification and perform structured fault isolation and root-cause problem solving.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across field service, product support, engineering, and specialist teams.
- Ability to communicate technical findings clearly through written reports, troubleshooting documentation, and technical training.
- Ability to remain customer-focused and solution-oriented while supporting urgent or high-impact equipment issues.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years
About KLA
We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.
Total Rewards
Base Pay Range: $32.50 - $48.00 Per Hour Primary Location: USA-AZ-Phoenix-KLAKLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: 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.
Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Use of AI Statement
At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.
Equal Opportunity Statement
KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.
For additional information, view the US Know Your Rights poster on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website.
Skills Required
- Master's degree with 0 years of related work experience
- Bachelor's degree with 2 years of related work experience
- Ability to travel 40-70% domestically and internationally
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot sophisticated optical, electrical, mechanical, computer, and software systems
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.
