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
The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. The LS-SWIFT division delivers high-throughput patterned wafer inspection systems that support advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to provide industry-leading defect detection with optimal cost of ownership across a wide range of applications. LS systems enable precise, cost-effective inspection for cutting-edge process nodes, while SWIFT systems offer comprehensive macro inspection of all wafer surfaces—capabilities that are especially critical for advanced packaging, as well as logic, memory, and automotive applications.
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:
Responsible for optical alignment, optical system integration, test and characterization
Define system and subsystem specifications
Document manufacturing procedures
Provide training to manufacturing engineers and technicians
Derive and manage detailed manufacturing requirements and introduction plans in the design concept phase
Cover all aspects of the manufacturing introduction, including design for manufacturability, quality, tooling, training, process documentation, product structure, build process optimization and facilities requirements
Requirements:
Experience in optical alignment and characterization
Familiar with Python and JavaScript would be a plus
Extensive hands-on experience in building/testing optical inspection or metrology tools
Strong diagnostic and trouble shooting skills in optics, and opto-mechanics
Team player with good communication skills
Ability to work effectively with little supervision and achieve results in a timely manner
Strong fundamentals in optics, microscopy, imaging systems, sensors, motion control, precision positioning systems, automation, and system characterization.
Experience with MATLAB, Python, scripting, statistical analysis, and engineering automation tools.
Effective communicator with good interpersonal skills. Ideally, have strong experience in managing and messaging to customers and Executives.
Proven track record of technical issues resolution. Good problem solver who works well as part of a focused team.
Experience developing, integrating, troubleshooting, or supporting complex opto-mechanical, electromechanical, or semiconductor capital equipment systems.
Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, wafer inspection, defect review, lithography, advanced packaging, metrology, or process control is preferred.
Excellent communication skills are required.
Minimum Qualifications
Masters or PhD in Physics, Optics Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical or related fields with at least 3-5 years of work 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…