Senior Regional Development Application Engineer

KLA•Beaverton, OR

3d•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.

Requirements

Must have MS/PhD in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Material Science or related fields and strong technical background
Must have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skills
Must be self-driven, and a strong team player

Nice To Haves

Preferred work experiences in semiconductor processing or equipment industry

Responsibilities

Work closely with division different organizations including engineering, sales and marketing within KLA and with customer engineers outside KLA and provide high level applications support of complex Overlay measurement systems.
Manage in-house customer demonstrations and head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer sites.
Conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase tool performance and develop use cases to help drive tool sales.
Design experiments to characterize tool/subcomponent performance, demonstrate product value in alpha testing, beta testing and pilot tool support in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration/adoption at customer facilities at customers site.
Develop recipes to model complex optical applications and optimize tool performance.
Provide escalation support to onsite field service engineer; leading and coordinating remote/local troubleshooting.
Characterize next generation state-of-the art overlay measurement products.
Design test plans, collect and analyze data, publish results and recommendations in the form of applications notes, best known methods.
Form training materials and transfer new production knowledge and application capabilities to worldwide apps support team.
Work closely with division system and algo team and be creative to develop software offline tools for data analysis, feature development.