Electrical Design Engineer (FPGA Firmware)

KLA•Milpitas, CA

7d•$117,800 - $200,300•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

Minimum 2 years hands-on experience with complex FPGA firmware designs
Proficiency with FPGA design tools such as Synplify, ISE, Vivado, Quartus.
Familiar with FPGA simulation tools like VCS, Modelsim or equivalent.
Proficiency with Hardware description language such as VHDL, Verilog or System Verilog.
Understand FPGA timing analysis and be enable to solve timing related issues.
Hands on experience with lab equipment like logic analyzer, oscilloscope etc.
Teammate with excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the hardware and embedded software engineer to design FPGA Firmware for high-performance mixed-signal systems.
Define FPGA Firmware requirement specifications and develop design projects from concept design to production release.
Responsible for designing the test benches for simulation, timing analysis/closure, FPGA functionality verification and test scripts for validation.
Debug the whole system with hardware and software engineer together.
Write technical documentation that meets the defined quality standards for manufacturing / service team as required.