Sr. FPGA Design 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.

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.

The Broadband Plasma Division (BBP) provides market‑leading patterned wafer optical inspection systems for leading‑edge IC manufacturing. Logic, foundry, and memory customers depend on BBP products to detect yield‑critical defects for process debug and excursion monitoring at advanced process nodes. BBP flagship products include the 29xx and 39xx series which leverage Broadband Plasma technology to capture a wide range of defects with ultimate sensitivity at the optical inspection speeds needed for inline defect monitoring.

KLA is seeking an experienced and motivated Sr. FPGA Engineer to join our electrical engineering team! Our designs employ an innovative combination of low‑noise analog to highly complex digital signal circuits, which are enabling our leading technology in the advancing semiconductor industry.

The Sr. FPGA Engineer will be architecting and implementing FPGA/digital designs for an innovative E‑beam inspection system.

• Designing the test benches for simulation, timing analysis/closure, FPGA functionality verification
• Designing, implementing, and debugging FPGAs and firmware for advanced E‑Beam system
• Collaborate with the hardware and embedded software engineer to design FPGA firmware for high‑performance mixed‑signal designs
• Define FPGA firmware requirement specifications and develop design projects from concept design to production release
• Understand and gather the project specifications and performance requirements on board and system level; adhere to project timelines and deliverables
• Write technical documentation that meets the defined quality standards as required
• Work with other engineering groups such as ME, OE, SW, systems and manufacturing engineers to ensure seamless integration and test at the subsystem and system level

• Experience with complex FPGA firmware designs
• Experience with Xilinx (preferred) or Intel/Altera FPGAs
• Proficiency in FPGA simulation tools such as VCS, Modelsim or equivalent
• Proficiency in FPGA design tools such as Vivado or equivalent
• Proficiency in hardware description language such as Verilog or System Verilog
• Understand FPGA timing analysis and be able to solve timing related issues
• Hands on experience with lab equipment such as logic analyzer, oscilloscope
• Solid knowledge of various protocols to interface different peripherals: PCIe, Aurora, DDR4, 10G, SPI, I2C, etc.
• Knowledge of networking and embedded Linux build systems
• Self‑motivated, independent, and effective communicator with the ability to collaborate with experienced engineering teams