Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Company Overview

The SPTS division of KLA, designs, manufactures and markets wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor and related industries. SPTS provides industry leading etch and deposition process technologies on a range of single wafer handling platforms. End‑market applications include micro‑electromechanical systems (MEMS), advanced packaging, LED, high speed RF device IC’s and power semiconductors. SPTS is part of KLA Corporation which develops industry‑leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry.

We provide advanced process control and process‑enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem‑solvers design solutions that move the world forward.

SPTS wafer processing solutions include market‑leading silicon etch, dielectric etch, dry‑release etch, PVD, PECVD and molecular vapor deposition (MVD®), available with a range of wafer‑handling options applicable to R&D, pilot production, or volume production environments. SPTS is headquartered and has its main manufacturing facility in Newport, UK, with additional manufacturing in Allentown, Pennsylvania. SPTS operates across 19 countries in Europe, North America and Asia‑Pacific, and offers comprehensive service and spare parts support through a worldwide network of service centers and qualified local agents.

Part of the SPTS Engineering division, the Platform Hardware Group is a multi‑disciplined team, providing automation solutions to enable the integration of SPTS process systems into customer semiconductor fabrication factories worldwide. A Platform Mechanical Design Engineer designs and supports core structural, mechanical and thermal systems.

As the successful candidate, you will be an experienced Mechanical Engineer with good understanding of designing components to operate in challenging environments in a highly competitive industry. You would be supporting major cross department projects and so previous exposure to other fields of engineering, preferable electrical would be desirable.

You would be working with other engineers in the group with equipment design/integration and expect to work to tight deadlines in a highly regulated industry. You would show initiative and be motivated to learn new skills, very adaptable and keen to take advantage of the opportunities SPTS can offer in progressing your personal development. You will be based in the Newport factory;

however, this position may also involve a small amount of international travel.

• Mechanical design projects from concept to release as product.
• Designing mechanical components to operate in a vacuum environment.
• Working in multi‑disciplined project teams for systems design.
• Pneumatic systems design.
• Obsolescence engineering.
• Producing key reports from first principles to meet regulation requirements.
• Other documentation –Service Bulletins, Procedures, Reports, Engineering Drawings.

• Support other areas of the business such as Manufacturing, Commodity and NPL departments.
• Bill of material cost control
• Supplier contact
• Building and testing prototypes
• Leading small projects from concept to implementation
• Mentoring to junior engineers

• Previous experience of working in the semiconductor or hi‑technology related industry would be advantageous.
• Experience of ERP/PLM/PDM systems
• Experience in P&'s
• Experience with CE/SEMI (or equivalent) compliance…