Technical Shopfloor Advisor

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

KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

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.

Hauptaufgaben

• Erster Ansprechpartner für technische Fragestellungen und Eskalationen innerhalb des OMD - Bereichs.
• Unterstützung des Teams bei der Analyse und nachhaltigen Lösung komplexer technischer Problemstellungen.
• Sicherstellung des Arbeitsfortschritts gemäß Produktionsplanung sowie Nachverfolgung kritischer Fertigungsthemen.
• Koordination produktionsrelevanter Themen mit den Bereichen Planung, MDE, Qualität, Materials Handling und Logistik.
• Fachlicher Ansprechpartner für Fertigungsprozesse, Arbeitsabläufe sowie die Anwendung von Enovia und eQuality.
• Unterstützung bei der Einarbeitung neuer Mitarbeiter sowie Durchführung und Nachverfolgung fachlicher Trainingsmaßnahmen.
• Aktive Mitarbeit bei Lean-, 5S- und KVP-Initiativen zur Verbesserung von Qualität, Produktivität und Liefertreue.
• Identifikation von Optimierungspotenzialen sowie Unterstützung bei Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung von Stillstands- und Wartezeiten.
• Sicherstellung der Einhaltung von Qualitäts-, Sicherheits- und Prozessstandards.
• Eigenständige Durchführung besonders komplexer Montage-, Inbetriebnahme-, Justage- und Optimierungstätigkeiten innerhalb des OMD-Bereichs.

Main Responsibilities

• First point of contact for technical questions and escalations within the OMD area.
• Support the team in analyzing and sustainably resolving complex technical issues.
• Ensure work progress in line with production planning and monitor critical manufacturing topics.
• Coordinate production-related activities with Planning, MDE, Quality, Materials Handling, and Logistics.
• Serve as the technical point of contact for manufacturing processes, workflows, and the use of Enovia and eQuality.
• Support the onboarding of new employees, including the delivery and follow-up of technical training measures.
• Actively participate in Lean, 5S, and Continuous Improvement Process (CIP/KVP) initiatives to enhance quality, productivity, and delivery performance.
• Identify optimization opportunities and support measures to reduce downtime and waiting times.
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, and process standards.
• Independently perform highly complex assembly, commissioning, adjustment, and optimization activities within the OMD area.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Abgeschlossene technische Berufsausbildung mit mehrjähriger Berufserfahrung.
• Idealerweise Techniker-, Meisterabschluss oder vergleichbare Weiterbildung.
• Umfangreiche Erfahrung in der Montage, Inbetriebnahme und Fehleranalyse komplexer Systeme.
• Sehr gute Kenntnisse in Enovia und eQuality.
• Sicherer Umgang mit MS Office; SAP-Kenntnisse von Vorteil.
• Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse.
• Hohe technische Problemlösungskompetenz sowie ausgeprägte Team- und Schnittstellenkompetenz.
• Selbstständige, strukturierte und zielorientierte Arbeitsweise.

Minimum Qualifications

• Completed technical vocational training with several years of relevant professional experience.
• Technician certification, master craftsman qualification, or comparable advanced technical training preferred.
• Extensive experience in the assembly, commissioning, and troubleshooting of complex systems.
• Strong knowledge of Enovia and eQuality.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications; SAP knowledge is an advantage.
• Very good German and English language skills.
• Strong technical problem-solving capabilities, combined with excellent teamwork and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Independent, structured, and goal-oriented working style.

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.

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.

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.