Product Development Engineering Intern
About The Position
KLA’s Semiconductor Products and Customers business unit designs, builds, and sells products that help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards. The Broadband Plasma division develops optical inspection systems used by logic, foundry, and memory customers to detect critical defects at advanced nodes. The Product Development Engineering Intern will support engineering work on these systems. The role involves checking system health, calibrating and troubleshooting equipment, collecting and analyzing data, and helping characterize and validate system performance against engineering requirements. The intern will design and run experiments, document and present results, collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, and develop scripts or utilities to automate analysis, testing, and other engineering processes.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a master's or Ph.D. degree in an engineering field.
- Background in engineering or physics; optics experience is preferred.
- Experience with basic image-processing operations such as filtering, target finding, alignment, and coordinate systems.
- Ability to parse data from sources such as text files, HTML, CSV, and other file formats.
- Experience with Python, MATLAB, or other scripting languages.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Less than one year of related experience.
Nice To Haves
- Good understanding of optics and image processing.
- Experience with imaging systems or semiconductor wafer inspection tools.
- Experience developing or implementing deep-learning applications.
- Experience in systems engineering, prototyping, image analysis, digital signal processing, control systems, and statistical analysis.
Responsibilities
- Assist engineers with system health checks, calibration, troubleshooting, and data collection.
- Analyze images and other data collected through machine control software to characterize system performance.
- Participate in system characterization and validation activities to verify performance against engineering requirements.
- Design and run experiments, document results, and present findings to engineering teams.
- Work with cross-functional systems, mechanical, electrical, software, applications, and algorithm teams.
- Develop scripts and utilities to automate data analysis, testing, or engineering processes.
- Participate in engineering reviews, team meetings, and technical discussions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits.
- 401(k) with 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.
- Family care and bonding leave.
- Performance incentive programs may be available.
- Interns are eligible for some listed benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
