Applications Development Engineering Manager- Broad Band Plasma

KLA•Milpitas, CA

22h•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 in 2019 we invested 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

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.
30% travel will be required

Nice To Haves

Shown experience in Applications technical leadership
Confirmed ability to develop and fan out new product use cases
Technical expertise in semiconductor manufacturing technologies
Experience with PLC process
Ability to make good decisions in a timely manner
Excellent communication and organizational skills

Responsibilities

Lead Application team in customer samples demo, deliver entitlement results, and develop value message
Lead Application team in characterization projects, alpha test, customer betas/eval; make recommendation for new feature, roadmap requirement.
Collaborate in PLC (Product Life Cycle) to assist development and engineering team in delivering next generation systems to the market
Collaborate with multi-functional teams consisting of project managers, engineers and technologists (Systems, H/W, S/W, Algorithms, etc.) for project execution.
Lead Application team in use cases development and fan out, technical publications, product usage management
Lead Application team in support customer accounts.
Travel and support customer on site per business needs.
Build and maintain strong working relationship with divisional peers
Develop personnel and the next generation of leaders