Engineering Technician

KLA•Milpitas, CA

7d•$32 - $55

About The Position

KLA’s Semiconductor Products and Customers business unit designs, builds, and sells products that help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards. Its inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment, and materials. KLA’s Central Engineering organization comprises nine Centers of Excellence spanning disciplines including automation, motion control, sensors, platform design, and packaging. The Engineering Technician performs assembly, setup, calibration, testing, and troubleshooting of complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and optical assemblies and precision motion systems. The role also runs software diagnostics, collects hardware data, prepares technical reports, and develops assembly, testing, and troubleshooting procedures. The technician performs established work with minimal instruction and works with design engineers on prototype assembly and testing.

Requirements

A minimum of 4–6 years of related experience.
Hands-on experience assembling mechanical parts such as machined parts, mechanical bearings, linear guides, and/or air bearings.
Hands-on experience with pneumatic components such as pneumatic fittings, air flow meters, and venturis.
General computer skills and knowledge, including Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint.
Ability to operate and troubleshoot software-driven systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience aligning laser interferometers, auto-collimators, and precision position measurement sensors such as capacitive sensors or optical encoders.

Responsibilities

Assemble and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and optical assemblies.
Set up, calibrate, test, and troubleshoot complex mechanical assemblies, including assemblies with bearings, linear guides, air bearings, and pneumatic components.
Assemble submicron-level motion systems, including wafer positioning stages, chucks, and air bearings.
Connect and troubleshoot electrical components such as electric motors, electrical cables, and motion controllers.
Prepare technical reports that summarize findings and recommend solutions to technical problems.
Operate and troubleshoot software-driven systems and use general computer applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint.
Run software diagnostic scripts to collect data from hardware and present reports.
Perform ongoing daily work with minimal instruction and work from general instructions on newly introduced prototypes.
Work with design engineers to execute assembly and testing according to test plans.
Create assembly, testing, and troubleshooting procedures.