Product Development Engineer

KLA•Milpitas, CA

1d•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 Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Requirements

PhD in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field with 0 years work experience OR Master’s level degree and related work experience of 3 years.
Strong background in engineering or the physical sciences with demonstrated analysis and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate effectively to all levels of the division, customers, vendors and across cultures.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience constructing and aligning opto-mechanical systems is highly desirable.
Experience diagnosing and driving solutions to complex problems across whole systems by applying appropriate problem-solving techniques.

Responsibilities

Play a central role throughout the different phases of the product life cycle for optical critical dimension metrology systems.
Understand customers’ use-case and work with groups to define the requirements.
Responsible for technology evaluation and selection, specifications development, product validation, verification, transfer to manufacturing, and support of customer ramp.
Develop and release new options, features or cost reduction improvements that provide value to internal and external customers.
Release and support product enhancements effectively.
Complete the initial diagnosis of any system issue.
Work with experts in optics, laser, stage, loader, image computer, and algorithms to assist in resolving issues.
Utilize engineering expertise to develop KLA's suite of products.
Contribute to research, evaluation, and proposals for new product features in support of customer requirements.
Drive team to resolve system issues at customer site or in manufacturing.
Work with engineers at locations around the globe to solve issues escalated to engineering: establish root cause, develop plan of action (POA), guide local teams in execution of POA, and standardize solutions to improve design and/or procedures.