System Design Engineer (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 LS-SWIFT Division of KLA’s Global Products Group provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership in defect detection for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from the foundry, logic, memory, automotive, MEMS, advanced packaging and other markets rely upon high-sample wafer inspection information generated by LS-SWIFT products. LS (Laser Scanning) systems enable cost-effective patterned wafer defect detection for the industry’s most sophisticated process technologies deployed in leading-edge foundry, logic, DRAM, and NAND fabs. SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) systems deliver all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection that is critical for automotive IC, MEMS, and advanced packaging processes as well as foundry/logic and memory fabs. LS-SWIFT operates from a global footprint that includes the US, Singapore, India and Germany, and serves a worldwide customer base across Asia, Europe and North America.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for system integration, test and characterization. Define system and subsystem specifications

• Provide training to manufacturing engineers and NPI engineers.

• Support manufacturing and field service on optics and systems related escalations. On a day-to-day basis have the ability to resolve apparent conflicts and make priority calls that are aligned with program objectives. Escalate when appropriate.

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

• Communicate status and changes on a periodic basis to management in the form of weekly reports and live presentation.

• Maintain rigor within the group by demanding adherence to the planned strategy and calling for periodic reviews to determine if the plan needs to change.

• Be an agent of change: The semiconductor industry is a fast-paced industry with constant change and ever-increasing speed of new product introductions. The successful candidate is expected to adopt and drive new ideas and new ways of doing things in a fast moving and highly competitive industry.

Requirements:

• Ability to work effectively with little supervision and achieve results in a timely manner

• Effective communicator with good interpersonal skills. Ideally, have strong experience in managing and messaging to customers.

• Proven track record of technical issues resolution. Good problem solver who works well as part of a focused team.

• Experience developing or supporting complex optical-mechanical systems or assemblies

• Experience in optoelectronics, sensor technology, microscopy, optics, or systems design/support.

• Deep understanding of lithography and semiconductor manufacturing process

• Excellent English communication skills are required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Optics, or related fields with at least 5-8 years of work experience.

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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