Product Development Engineer

KLA•Milpitas, CA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) division delivers industry-leading metrology solutions essential to advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its portfolio includes systems for measuring film thickness, critical dimensions, composition, and resistivity—key to developing and scaling next-gen IC processes. FaST partners closely with customers from early R&D through high-volume production, ensuring performance and process alignment. In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise. As part of the Systems Engineering team in FaST Division, you will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of products from concept to deployment, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance of our cutting-edge optical film metrology systems.

Requirements

In-depth understanding of Systems Engineering principles with strong experience on developing complex systems in the semiconductor industry
Outstanding skills in optical systems, opto-mechanics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering
Strong command of general physics, math and computational skills are highly desirable
Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills in optics, precision mechanics, image processing, and motion control systems
Agility and ability to thrive on a fast-paced program, take on assignments in a nonfamiliar domain, and respond quickly to internal and customer site escalations
Demonstrated competencies of critical thinking, analysis, hands-on, teamwork, and ownership
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 on data processing, analytics, and statistics with programming languages such as Python and MATLAB would be a plus

Responsibilities

Design and develop system architectures and characterize system performance according to requirements
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and validate metrology systems, including hardware, software, and control systems
Define and document system specifications to meet project requirements
Perform detailed systems analysis to ensure optimal performance and reliability
Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to qualify systems
Provide ongoing engineering support to ensure field systems adaption, sustainability, and customer satisfaction
Work with Product & Program Managers to ensure project milestones met on time