Electrical Engineering Intern
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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. Central Engineering is KLA's largest engineering organization comprised of 9 Centers-of-Excellence (CoE) in various disciplines applied across all product groups in the company. These CoE include Handling & Automation, Precision Motion Control, Sensors & Image Acquisition, Platform Design, and Packaging Engineering, among others. Talent includes over 500 engineers across global centers in Israel, China, India, and the US. Each CoE contributes not just talent and deliverables per discipline toward product programs, but also subject matter expertise, best practices, roadmaps, specialized facilities, apparatus, models, and analytics. These differentiate KLA not only in WHAT we do, but also in HOW we do it.Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
Job Description/Responsibilities
At KLA, we are looking for high-energy interns for several exciting projects this coming summer in our Ann Arbor, Michigan location! This position provides a phenomenal opportunity to perform hands-on work on KLA’s semiconductor inspection tools and contribute to the development of components and tooling that we integrate into KLA's instruments. A self-motivated individual in this role will work in a team with other interns and engineers on a specific aspect of a larger project.
You'll have opportunities for:
- Programming in LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB, or Verilog, either on a PC or embedded software on ARM microcontrollers.
- Designing and building control systems with motors and position sensors
- Creating analog and digital hardware and software to process digital and analog I/O data to make a system more intelligent
- Designing circuits with CAD tools, such as OrCAD or Cadence
- Implementing FPGAs with Vivado
As an intern, you will work on projects involving a variety of these areas, because we use them all in KLA equipment! Are you ready for an exciting intern opportunity?
Qualifications/Education Desired
The successful candidate should have taken classes in, or have hands-on experience with any of the following areas:
- Programming in any of the languages listed above
- Circuit design, either in a system or on a printed circuit board, especially with controllers and data acquisition solutions.
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