Senior Electrical Development 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.

The SPTS division provides advanced wafer processing solutions—including etch, deposition and vapor-based technologies—designed for R&D through high-volume production. With a global presence and strong customer support network, SPTS helps manufacturers across industries improve performance, yield and cost-efficiency. It also offers comprehensive service and spare parts through a worldwide network of service centers and qualified local agents.

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.

Part of the SPTS Engineering division, the Equipment Engineering and Development Group is a multi-disciplined team, providing automation solutions to enable the integration of SPTS process systems into customer semiconductor fabrication factories worldwide.

We are constantly developing new products, and this role was created to strengthen this aspect of our business.

As the successful candidate, you will be an experienced Engineer with an understanding of electrical, electronic and mechanical systems, and will be capable of building a solid expertise in overall system operation, integration, and calibrations/diagnostics. Must have a hands-on approach by learning from the engineering team to support Alpha & Beta Systems and retrofits.

You'll team up with other specialists within a project advising on equipment design/integration. We work to tight deadlines in a highly regulated industry.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement ETCH semiconductor process equipment

Wiring harness and electrical design, some mechanical design

Leading or a heavy involvement in building and testing prototypes

Plan and execute hardware testing, validation, and performance characterisation

Testing and compliance of machines to international standards

Fault finding and optimisation as part of our PLC process

Support technology development programmes from early concept through to installation and commissioning at customer sites

Work with process engineers to optimise hardware performance for reliability and process capability

Technical report writing

Supporting the transition of designs from development to production

Key

Skills:

A flexible work ethic and ability to use initiative

Good analytical and fault-finding skills

Able to work both autonomously and as part of a team

Well organised – You’ll work autonomously, often in different time zones and be trusted to work without assistance or management.

Composed – You’ll thrive in the sometimes-pressurised environment of semiconductor manufacturing environments.

Able to demonstrate strong Communication skills – You’ll enjoy establishing and maintaining good working relationships with both customers and…