Customer Engagement Applications Engineer - SWIFT

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.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chip makers 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 provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Our mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from foundry, logic, memory, automotive, MEMS, advanced packaging and other market segments rely on our products to generate wafer inspection information at high sampling. 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.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting all SWIFT products
• Employee will work directly with the customer, and KLA local/product division Teams by coordinating and executing project based activities
• Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA products in customer fabrication facilities.
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in depth evaluation of various factors
• Works closely with engineering teams to improve the products and implement plans.
• Collaborates with software and systems engineering resolve hardware and software problems.
• Assists sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications

Minimum Qualifications

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

Base Pay Range: $83,100.00 - $ Annually

Primary

Location:

USA-OR-Hillsboro-Beaverton-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee…