Product Development Applications Engineer

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 Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. The ECI Division at KLA delivers chemical metrology and process control solutions that enable precise monitoring and control of critical wet process steps in semiconductor and advanced packaging manufacturing. By providing real time chemical analysis and management systems, ECI helps customers prevent yield limiting defects, stabilize complex metallization and cleaning processes and support next generation device and packaging technologies.

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.

• Primary job duties are
  • Customer Engagement and Support
    • Act as a main technical contact for field and customers on ECI applications.
    • Work closely with field and customers to understand process challenges and provide optimized metrology solutions.
    • Support tool NPI installation, qualification, and production ramp at customer sites.
    • Deliver timely troubleshooting and resolution for application-related issues.
    • Develop collateral material used to support field resolution of metrology issues
    • Develop and deliver training programs
  • Process and Technology Support
    • Support advanced semiconductor applications in plating and WET cleans.
    • Assist in developing new use cases and expanding ECI capability in emerging areas.
    • Work with R&D and Engineering team on new product definition, risk assessment, package design, modeling and simulation to drive improvement
    • Provide feedback on application gaps, customer needs, and competitive insights.
    • Collaborate with field service engineers to ensure tool performance and uptime.
    • Align with global application teams to leverage best practices.
    • Oversee assigned project schedules with internal and external team, ensure on-time delivery
• Secondary duties are
  • Application Development and Demo
    • Perform typical and atypical lab and demo tests to understand customer concerns and determine possible root causes of process issues
    • Ensure measurement accuracy, repeatability, and correlation to customer reference methods.
    • Support both inline process control and offline characterization use cases.
    • Communicate customer level reports identifying process issue, test procedure and results, and next steps
• Expected travel is 15% both domestically and internationally. Travel during training period will be increased.

Qualifications

• Soft Skills
  • Self-motivated with ability to multi-task and learn quickly.
  • Strong communication skills both verbal and technical writing
  • Ability to work alone and/or with limited supervision.
• Technical Skills
  • Must
    • Good working knowledge of testing techniques such as spectroscopy, titration, and HPLC.
    • Understands engineering principles and techniques related to area project activities.
    • Proficiency with personal computers and industry-standard software applications (Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project etc.).
    • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Plus
    • Good working knowledge of electrochemical analysis (Cyclical voltammetry, cyclical voltametric stripping)
    • Experience in semiconductor industry

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: $83,100.00 - $141,300.00 Annually
Primary Location: USA-OR-Hillsboro-Beaverton-KLA

KLA’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.

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