Mechanical Design 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.

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 to enable 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.

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise. KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA's metrology and inspection products, is looking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join the team based in Newport, UK. Purpose of the role:
We are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer who is hands on, highly motivated, and a team player. The candidate will be engaged during the entire product lifecycle, from prototype to productization, and play a decisive role in the mechanical design and qualification of future KLA products. The engineer will support the design, building, and qualification of a wide range of KLA equipment front end modules (EFEMs) and integrated components.

The candidate will be expected to provide technical solutions for new requirements and sustaining existing product portfolio and create prototypes for design verification though to production release.

Your day to day responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for the complete mechanical design process, including requirements specification, feasibility studies, cost management, and scheduling.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to determine design requirements, implement best design practices, and achieve functional product design solution.
• Design mechanical components in CREO Parametric 3D
  - Pro/E CAD software.
• Conduct or direct CFD and FEA analyses to optimize Semiconductor Equipment airflow requirements, and mechanical design.
• Reduce 3D mechanical designs to 2D drawing and proper application of mechanical tolerancing/GD&T to achieve desired fit and functionality of manufactured parts.
• Collaborate with suppliers to develop components and sub-system assemblies that will expedite product development timeline.
• Work closely with suppliers to ensure parts and assemblies are built per design, and cost and schedule requirements are achieved.
• Participate in entire design/build cycle, including design, 3D CAD modelling, design review presentations, 2D drawing generation, procurement of prototype parts, system integration, and prototype testing.

• Holds Degree level qualification in Engineering or related subject (or have equivalent level of experience)
• Experience in design using 3D CAD software, ideally Creo.
• Demonstrate ownership of both project level and task level work, comfortable to lead and drive mechanical design projects.
• Candidate will ideally have experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals, including design principles, materials selection, and fabrication/machining methods.
• Experience with 2D drafting and tolerance…