Applications Development Engineer (Surfscan Product)

Applications Development Engineer (Surfscan Product)

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. 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.

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) is looking for the best and the brightest research scientists, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers.

Job Description

• Characterization of next-generation, state-of-the art semiconductor wafer inspection products.

• Develop and review feature requirements, design test plans, collect data, perform analysis, publish results and recommendations in the form of applications notes and best-known methods.

• Conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase differentiated performance and develop use cases on new features that help drive tool sales.

• Product value demonstration during beta testing, head-to-head (H2H) and evaluation tools in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration and adoption at customer sites.

• Investigate semiconductor manufacturing yield issues and develop corresponding inspection solutions to monitor them.

• Create and share product value statements and use cases with engineering, marketing and sales groups.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD Level Degree / Master's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Science, Engineering or related field.

• Optics background is a plus.

• Semiconductor processing knowledge is a plus.

• International travel of up to 15% is required.

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.