To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.
Group/Division
KLA’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has a critical role in researching and developing leading-edge, forward-looking technology. The CTO Office collaborates with product divisions and strategic marketing to work on future technologies such as light sources, lasers and sensors. We also bring technical input into KLA’s strategic planning process, program reviews and product lifecycle (PLC) phases. Our broad technology expertise and cross-division experience harnesses the collective knowledge within our company to propel technology advancements.
What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
Responsibilities:
This R&D role is part of a dynamic, innovative technology team developing high-performance light sources for next-generation wafer inspection and metrology systems. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing laser control electronics, sensor interfaces, mixed-signal circuits, power distribution systems and safety interlocks while collaborating with research scientists and optical, mechanical, and systems engineers to deliver reliable, high-performance laser products.
Define electrical architecture, specifications, and interface requirements for laser subsystem.
Design and develop laser electronics including: Laser controller
Sensor signal conditioning circuits
motion control
Power regulation and power distribution
Safety interlock system
Design schematics, PCB layouts, cable assemblies, and system wiring diagrams.
Develop closed-loop control systems for laser power and temperature regulation.
Develop test plans and conduct verification, validation and system characterization.
Troubleshoot electrical, firmware, and system integration issues throughout prototype development and product release.
Ensure compliance with applicable electrical safety, EMC, and laser safety standards.
Deliver robust laser electronic designs that meet performance, cost, schedule, and reliability targets.
Requirements:
Proven track record in electronic circuit and hardware design including digital and analog circuit design, signal Integrity, power electronics, low noise mixed signal circuit design, PCB design, circuit debug and validation.
Deep understanding of microcontrollers/microprocessors; Hands-on experience with one or more processor families is preferred: ARM Cortex-M (STM32, NXP, TI), ARM Cortex-A processors, Intel x86 processors, RISC-V processors and DSP processors (TI DSP, Analog Device SHARC).
Proficient in schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as: OrCAD, Altium Designer and PADS etc.
Experience in FPGA design including simulation, timing analysis and verification is a plus.
Familiar with communication interfaces such as Ethernet, USB, SPI, LVDS, RS-232/RS-485 etc.
Experience with laser cavity control is a plus.
Hands on experience with lab equipment like logic analyzer, oscilloscope etc.
Self-motivated and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively with changing project priorities.
Minimum Qualifications
Master's level degree in electrical engineering or related with at least 8 years of experience or
Doctorate (Academic) in electrical engineering or related with at least 5 years of experience.
About KLA
We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If…