Technical Project Manager

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. The LS-SWIFT Division of KLA’s Global Products Group provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership in defect detection for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from the foundry, logic, memory, automotive, MEMS, advanced packaging and other markets rely upon high-sample wafer inspection information generated by LS-SWIFT products. LS (Laser Scanning) systems enable cost-effective patterned wafer defect detection for the industry’s most sophisticated process technologies deployed in leading-edge foundry, logic, DRAM, and NAND fabs. SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) systems deliver all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection that is critical for automotive IC, MEMS, and advanced packaging processes as well as foundry/logic and memory fabs. LS-SWIFT operates from a global footprint that includes the US, Singapore, India and Germany, and serves a worldwide customer base across Asia, Europe and North America.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering product life cycle team. Define and drive engineering decisions and new feature development while ensuring the committed performance, cost, and schedule targets are met.
• Accountable for the resolution of engineering escalations from manufacturing and the field. Ensure the team follows best practices to systematically and permanently solve issues.
• Ensure feature development plans and testing are comprehensive and optimized for performance, reliability, cost, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Adept at risk-based project management. Define and pursue mitigation plans to manage and retire risks.
• Work with the service and manufacturing organizations to ensure KPIs for production ramping and product maintenance are maintained.
• Engage direct reports by sharing vision and business context, establishing priorities, and navigating change with frequent communication. Develop employees via thoughtful mentoring and playing to strengths.

Desired personal skills:

• Decisive leader who is comfortable making difficult decisions and priority calls that keep the project on schedule.
• Enthusiastic communicator who successfully advocates for action and positive change.
• Creative problem solver with a proven track record of solving complex technical issues with proper urgency.
• Show genuine curiosity about the career goals of employees and help to shape their future.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate (Academic) and at least 5 years of work experience, Master's Level Degree and at least 8 years of work experience , Bachelor's Level Degree and at least 10 years of work experience.
• Prior management experience of 3 or more engineers.

Base Pay Range: $163,000.00 - $277,100.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

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