Sr. Mechatronics Systems Design Engineer

KLA•Milpitas, CA

3d•$141,300 - $240,200•Onsite

About The Position

Mechatronics systems design engineers are part of a multidisciplinary team that develops metrology equipment used in the semiconductor industry to enable our customers to solve very challenging requirements. 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. 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

Good understanding of feedback control system design, system identification, signal processing, and its application to control and characterize mechanical systems.
Strong experience with experimental design and hardware-in-the-loop experimentation to retire design risks.
Basic/Intermediate knowledge of precision machine design.
Willingness to take on responsibility and ability to quickly ramp from the existing documentation and on-the-job training.
Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal.
Some travel to customer sites < 10%.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of numerical optimization and image processing a plus.

Responsibilities

Work independently on data collection, analysis, calibration, and writing scripts using Python or Matlab.
Perform hands-on work with hardware and gather the necessary data in the lab or the cleanroom.
Define plans for system integration, testing, and troubleshooting.
Work closely with the customer support organization.