Systems Engineer

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 Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) division delivers industry-leading metrology solutions essential to advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its portfolio includes systems for measuring film thickness, critical dimensions, composition, and resistivity—key to developing and scaling next-gen IC processes. FaST partners closely with customers from early R&D through high-volume production, ensuring performance and process alignment.

What You'll DoIn this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Role Overview The System Engineer will support Intel development and manufacturing programs by driving product readiness, performance, and yield across development and ramp phases. This role partners closely with Intel fab engineering, KLA internal R&D, and cross‑functional teams to ensure successful deployment of KLA technologies in advanced semiconductor environments.

Key Responsibilities Support product development activities from early customer engagement through high‑volume manufacturing

Analyze manufacturing, process, and tool performance data to identify yield, reliability, and performance trends

Lead root‑cause analysis and structured problem solving for product and process issues

Collaborate with Intel fab engineers, process integration, and yield teams to drive improvements

Define, document, and maintain Best Known Methods (BKMs), process flows, and product learning

Support tool qualification, characterization, and continuous improvement initiatives

Translate customer feedback into actionable inputs for KLA R&D and product teams

Communicate technical findings clearly to internal stakeholders and customer partners

Qualifications MS, or PhD in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Materials, Physics, or related field)
Experience in semiconductor manufacturing, process development, yield engineering, or product development

Outstanding skills in optical systems, opt-mechanics, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering

Strong data analysis and problem‑solving skills

Ability to work effectively in a customer‑facing, cross‑functional environment

Experience working with or supporting Intel fabs is strongly preferred

Ability to travel local and international up to 15%

Preferred Experience Statistical data analysis, DOE, yield analysis

Familiarity with fab operations and product ramp environments

Hands‑on experience with semiconductor tools or development programs

Minimum Qualifications Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience;
Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years

About KLAWe provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make…