System 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.

KLA’s Optical Metrology Division (OMD) delivers advanced systems for optical overlay metrology, combining hardware and software to boost yield and efficiency. Known for industry-leading accuracy, reliability, and integration, these tools are trusted by major semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.

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.

Senior Systems Engineer We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to join our team! Our Systems Engineers are the driving force behind the development process—combining deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a clear understanding of customer needs to deliver complex, high-performance solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing Lead the technical development of a complex metrology system within a cross-disciplinary engineering team

Own and manage system error budgets to meet required specifications; define technical roadmaps for future advancements

Decompose large systems into well-defined subsystems, modules, and components for efficient implementation

Perform detailed root cause analysis on development issues and field escalations

Drive system-level validation and verification activities, including testing and performance qualification

Partner with program managers to develop and maintain project schedules

Collaborate closely with service, manufacturing, engineering, and marketing teams to optimize system performance and resolve issues

Key Responsibilities Ensure system designs meet all functional and performance requirements

Develop deep technical expertise across hardware, software, and algorithms, aligned with customer use cases

Troubleshoot and maintain engineering prototype systems at headquarters

Review and approve system requirements and design documentation

Contribute to product strategy by partnering with marketing to translate market needs into system requirements

Collect and analyze large datasets (internal and customer-generated) to gain insights into system behavior

Support field escalations by providing structured action plans and hands-on assistance, including on-site support when needed

Design and execute multi-disciplinary experiments; author and review detailed test plans and reports

What’s in It for You Play a key role in designing highly sophisticated, state-of-the-art systems

Work alongside experts across software, algorithms, physics, motion, mechanics, electronics, and optics

Lead innovation in a truly multidisciplinary environment

Access to continuous professional development opportunities

Diverse and flexible career growth paths

What You Should Have Strong curiosity and a passion for continuous learningBSc or MSc in Physics,…