Company Overview

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.

Group/Division

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. First to deliver the best imaging and classification data for every defect or point on any layer at any time. EBeam’s mission encapsulates its role as the “eyes” of KLA’s product line, providing timely information on defects and critical locations on the wafer at the highest spatial resolution possible. Customers use EBeam products alongside KLA patterned and bare wafer inspectors to quickly understand the nature of defects and other imperfections on product wafers and take action to correct the manufacturing process.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Capability Development: Lead and develop a team of Regional Applications Development Engineers. Build strong competencies in system understanding, data analysis, and application innovation. Drive onboarding, training, and knowledge scaling through best-known methods, application notes, and reusable learning materials.
• New Product Introduction & Product Development: Own applications development support during alpha and beta testing, pilot validation, and product deployment. Partner with Engineering teams to define product specifications and validate features for release.
• Applications Development & Innovation: Drive development of recipes, methodologies, data analysis tools, and utilities. Improve system performance, throughput, and efficiency through continuous innovation.
• Customer Use Case & Product Alignment: Translate customer requirements into application solutions and product enhancements. Ensure alignment between product capability and customer process flows while incorporating field feedback.
• Knowledge Development & Scaling: Lead creation of best-known methods, application notes, and training materials. Ensure solutions are reusable and scalable across regions to enable efficient deployment.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with Customer Engagement Applications, Product Marketing, and Engineering functional teams to align priorities and ensure successful product development and deployment.
• Technical Problem Solving & Escalation Support: Provide leadership in resolving complex technical issues, driving root cause analysis, and delivering sustainable solutions. Ensure feedback loops are incorporated into product improvement and methodology development.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Education and Experience: Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, or a related field, with 5+ years of semiconductor or capital equipment experience.
• Operational Excellence: Ability to manage multiple parallel tasks and competing priorities, effectively maneuvering between internal and external customer demands while maximizing team throughput and responsiveness.
• Customer Orientation: Strong customer-facing skills, with experience in leading technical engagements, demos, and escalations, and building trusted relationships with key stakeholders.
• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of system behavior and application workflows, enabling extraction of maximum value from products to meet customer needs.
• Domain Knowledge: Strong background in semiconductor manufacturing, wafer defect inspection & review and metrology. Prior experience in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) based inspection systems is a plus.
• Advantage: Solid understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes (lithography, etch, deposition, CMP, etc.)

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Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, or a related field, with 5+ years of semiconductor or capital equipment experience.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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