Product Development Applications Engineer

KLA•Ann Arbor, MI

23h•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. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. 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. Central Engineering is KLA's largest engineering organization comprised of 9 Centers-of-Excellence (CoE) in various disciplines applied across all product groups in the company. These CoE include Handling & Automation, Precision Motion Control, Sensors & Image Acquisition, Platform Design, and Packaging Engineering, among others. Talent includes over 500 engineers across global centers in Israel, China, India, and the US. Each CoE contributes not just talent and deliverables per discipline toward product programs, but also subject matter expertise, best practices, roadmaps, specialized facilities, apparatus, models, and analytics. These differentiate KLA not only in WHAT we do, but also in HOW we do it.

Requirements

Master’s or PhD, in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Material Science or related fields.
High energy, self-driven and motivated engineers who are interested in working in high-tech environment.
Strong troubleshooting skills combined with a methodical approach.
Well organized, hard-working, strong follow-up abilities with a proven track record to thrive in a multifaceted technical environment.
Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Nice To Haves

Experience with analytical software such as MATLAB, JMP and Power BI is desired.
Having a background in IC processing/Semiconductor equipment is a plus.
Programming and scripting skills in MATLAB or Python are a plus.

Responsibilities

Developing and implementing product applications for existing and pre-release products to provide solve high-value customer problems.
Focus on projects related to new product introduction such as characterization, alpha testing, beta testing and pilot tools in the ramp phase.
Potentially support the development of a system at the customer site.
Perform product diagnosis, problem resolution, collaborate with software and systems engineering to verify that hardware and software problems have been resolved.
Conduct customer product demonstrations and technical training including on-site training of 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 other Applications teams.
Generate demo and test reports for internal and customer review.