Applications Development Engineer - LS-SWIFT

KLA•Milpitas, CA

1d•$120,000 - $204,000•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Responsibilities

Hands-on experience with Darkfield optical inspection systems
Demonstrated proficiency in data science for analysis and visualization of massive data sets
Familiarity with Python scripting, with exposure to basic machine learning/deep learning concepts for AI-driven applications
Background in IC processing/semiconductor equipment is highly desirable
Strong technical & analytical skills
Outstanding communication, interpersonal & leadership skills
Creative, self-motivated and collaborative
Willing to travel 50% of the time