Product Engineer

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.

First to deliver the best imaging and classification data for every defect or point on any layer at any time. EBeam’s mission encapsulates its role as the “eyes” of KLA’s product line, providing timely information on defects and critical locations on the wafer at the highest spatial resolution possible. Customers use EBeam products alongside KLA patterned and bare wafer inspectors to quickly understand the nature of defects and other imperfections on product wafers and take action to correct the manufacturing process.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications Responsible for maintaining and driving reliability improvements of eBeam demo lab Scanning Electron Microscope systems by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and debugging sophisticated optical/electro/mechanical equipment, computer systems, coupled with software solutions. These systems comprise of several complex sub‑systems and hardware such as Wafer handler, Electron beam columns, Electron detectors, Optical Microscope, Energy Dispersive X‑ray Spectroscopy (EDX) unit, Vacuum robots, Vacuum pumps, Vacuum Chambers, Residual Gas Analysis equipment, High precision XYZ Stage.

• Drive eBeam Demo lab systems maintenance and reliability improvements, support systems, and applications characterization of current and next generation state‑of‑the‑art semiconductor wafer inspection, review & metrology products. Design test plans, collect data, perform analysis, publish results and recommendations. Act as a two‑way conduit of information between Design/Engineering teams and Applications teams.
• Develop strong knowledge of overall system operation, system integration, and system calibrations. Drive solutions for equipment/tool issues.
• Engage with other relevant engineering functional teams. Host meetings with technical experts to discuss the technical issues in detail, acquire Plan‑of‑Actions (POAs) with consensus until issues are resolved.
• Drive reliability improvement of system hardware, diagnostics, and software. Implement tool methodologies, monitoring systems parameters to trigger corrective actions.
• Generate documentation relevant for troubleshooting processes, technical findings, providing service and post‑mortem reports.
• Help to define and optimize the Preventative Maintenance Schedule for systems of eBeam Demo lab. Be involved in hands‑on work for integration of Alpha/Beta systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Physics, Electrical, Chemical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with handling any of the following…