System Design Engineer (Optics / R&D)

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.

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 Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Job Description

KLA Singapore is seeking an outstanding System Design Engineer with physics/engineering background, to join the hardware and systems engineering team for design and develop state-of-the-art optical metrology system for semiconductor industry. As a key member of a multidisciplinary R&D team, the successful candidate will be expected to understand system-level function, performance & requirements, work closely with different parties, to support the business priorities and product development roadmap.

The job duties of System Design Engineer include but not limit to:

• Design, assembly, test, analysis, and characterization of optical systems, especially interferometry, illumination, and sensing systems.

• Conduct optical system architecture analysis.

• Conduct system error budget and specs allocation to each subsystem.

• Lead product prototype integration and its performance characterization.

• Develop and test on algorithms of interferometric data processing and image processing.

• Drive innovation in related fields such as optics and algorithm. Explore feasibility to adapt other technologies such as machine learning and data science.  

• Document design, testing and diagnosis procedures to transfer the design to manufacturing.

• Support manufacturing and field service team on system/optics related escalations.

Requirements:

• Competence and passion in building advanced optical instruments (interferometer/microscopy/spectroscopy) or other scientific instruments, with comprehensive understanding in its physics.

• Solid knowledge of geometry and wave optics.

• Proficiency in common programing language for data analysis or modeling, such as Python/Matlab/C.

• Experienced in product prototyping: experiment design, test bench setup, error budget analysis.

• Systematic thinking with good sense of statistics.

• Good communication and collaboration, comfortable in working with multidisciplinary team and different functions.

• Good perseverance.

• PhD in relevant science or engineering fields.

• Experience in optical system design is a plus.

• Experience in laser/camera qualification and characterization is a plus.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 4 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