Applications Engineering Intern

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 such as 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.

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high‑impact work across your area of expertise. We are seeking a highly motivated engineer to join our team in the development, release, and support of KLA’s Film/OCD Metrology products. This role is critical to advancing our technology and solving complex customer challenges through deep technical understanding and innovative problem‑solving.

• Assist in the development and release of advanced Film/OCD Metrology products.
• Develop a deep understanding of customer applications and use cases.
• Translate customer challenges into actionable problem statements.
• Design and execute data collection plans to support product development and troubleshooting.
• Analyze data and recommend corrective actions or design improvements.
• Communicate effectively through oral presentations, written reports, meeting minutes, and project summaries.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with engineering, applications, and customer support teams.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

• Experience in semiconductor metrology or related technologies.
• Familiarity with thin film/OCD characterization techniques.
• Prior experience working with customers or in a customer‑facing role.

Working towards a college degree

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

KLA is hiring talented engineers, physicists, data scientists and other problem‑solvers all across the US. Do you have a passion for solving complex technical challenges? Check out our job openings! We do not accept resumes from headhunters, placement agencies, or other suppliers…