Applications Development Engineer

KLA•Milpitas, CA

2d•$97,800 - $166,300•Onsite

About The Position

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 Broadband Plasma Division (BBP) provides market-leading patterned wafer optical inspection systems for leading-edge IC manufacturing. Logic, foundry, and memory customers depend on BBP products to detect yield-critical defects for process debug and excursion monitoring at advanced process nodes. BBP flagship products include the 29xx and 39xx series which leverage Broadband Plasma technology to capture a wide range of defects with ultimate sensitivity at the optical inspection speeds needed for inline defect monitoring.

Requirements

High energy, self-driven and motivated engineers who are interested in working in High Tech.
The semiconductor space is a fast paced, high stress environment that gives applications engineers a lot of autonomy to work and drive projects on their own.
Ideal candidates appreciate the opportunity to have high levels of accountability, working well with limited supervision and thrive in a work environment where they can drive projects on their own.
Candidate must have Master’s or bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Material Science, or related fields.
Must have excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
Candidate must be a strong team player.
>70% travel will be required
Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years

Responsibilities

Product value demonstration during beta testing, Head-to-Heads (H2H) and tools in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration/adoption at world-wide customers.
Investigating semiconductor manufacturing yield issues and providing inspection solutions.
Creating & sharing product value statements and use-cases with engineering, marketing and sales groups.
Training customers and other applications engineers.
Provide specific product demonstrations on all aspects of highly complex products to customers and assess potential applications to meet customer needs.
Work on test plan development and execute detailed characterization of the tool/algorithm performance and provides clear feedback to the Engineering teams for product improvement, especially during Alpha/Beta tests.
Respond to customer requests and perform routine to moderately complex problem diagnosis and problem resolution.
Interacts with customers to educate and coordinate activities.
Conduct customer product demonstrations and technical training including on-site training of Field Applications Engineers and end users.
Document all test results and lessons learned in BKMs (Best Known Methods), training documents, Demo reports, or, Alpha/Beta test reports and transfer product knowledge to Field Applications teams.
Generate demo and test reports and strong presentation skills for internal and customer review.