Optical Integration Engineer

KLA • Milpitas, CA

4d • $95,000 - $161,500 • Onsite

About The Position

KLA is looking for an optical integration engineer based in Milpitas to be part of the INSIGHT engineering development team. The engineering team’s responsibility is to design, prototype, and test new hardware versions in support of the ongoing INSIGHT product development roadmap. This specific role is hardware integration. Duties include: vendor management (acquiring all hardware needed for testing), integration (working in a clean room environment), participating in creating alignment and assembly procedures, testing (collecting data) and creating results presentations, trouble shooting at the inspection machine level, using calibrations and custom scripts, escalation support, traveling to Singapore manufacturing sites and customer sites In addition to hardware integration and testing, there can be opportunities for stretch goal design and analysis projects in the team. The successful candidate will have optical training or equivalent work experience in the optical field and is required at a bare minimum to have at least some optical alignment and testing laboratory work. A Bachelors or Masters degree in optics with 2 year experiences, or a masters degree in a related field (such as physics or mechanical engineering) and 2 years work experience with optical hardware projects is required.

Requirements

• Basic optical understanding
• Mechanical integration experience
• Ability and desire to work as part of a team
• Ability to work in a clean room
• Ability to clearly communicate
• Experience in creating assembly and alignment procedures
• Ability to travel to customer sites around the world and visit the Singapore manufacturing location (estimate 15% international travel)
• The successful candidate will have optical training or equivalent work experience in the optical field and is required at a bare minimum to have at least some optical alignment and testing laboratory work.
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in optics with 2 year experiences, or a masters degree in a related field (such as physics or mechanical engineering) and 2 years work experience with optical hardware projects is required.

Nice To Haves

• Mid-level optical understanding
• Work experience with lasers
• Experience in vendor coordination/ ordering
• Job experience at KLA ( internal transfers welcome )
• Past experience with KLA inspection tools integration
• Prior experience handing high quality optics
• Start to finish data collection thru analysis with electronic devices (i.e., camera images, computer captured electronic data such as a power meter)
• Experience processing and presenting data and conclusions

Responsibilities

• vendor management (acquiring all hardware needed for testing)
• integration (working in a clean room environment)
• participating in creating alignment and assembly procedures
• testing (collecting data) and creating results presentations
• trouble shooting at the inspection machine level
• using calibrations and custom scripts
• escalation support
• traveling to Singapore manufacturing sites and customer sites

Benefits

• KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees