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Senior Product Development Engineer
KLAUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Aug 2025
💰 $221,700/yr($130,400/yr – $221,700/yr)
About the role
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 Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
As part of the Systems Engineering team in our FaST Division, you will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of products from concept to deployment, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance of our cutting-edge metrology systems for Advanced Packaging.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop system architectures and characterize system performance according to requirements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and validate metrology systems, including hardware, software, and control systems
- Define and document system specifications to meet project requirements
- Perform detailed systems analysis to ensure optimal performance and reliability
- Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to qualify systems
- Provide ongoing engineering support to ensure field systems adaption, sustainability, and customer satisfaction
- Work with Product & Program Managers to ensure project milestones met on time
Requirements:
- In-depth understanding of Systems Engineering principles with strong experience on developing complex systems in the semiconductor industry
- Outstanding skills in optical systems, opto-mechanics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering
- Strong command of general physics, math and computational skills are highly desirable
- Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills in optics, precision mechanics, image processing, and motion control systems
- Experience on data processing, analytics, and statistics with programming languages such as Python and MATLAB would be a plus
- Agility and ability to thrive on a fast-paced program, take on assignments in a nonfamiliar domain, and respond quickly to internal and customer site escalations
- Demonstrated competencies of critical thinking, analysis, hands-on, teamwork, and ownership
- Ability of international travel up to 25%
Minimum Qualifications
Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years
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