PVD Hardware 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 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.

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

KLA are seeking a talented and motivated PVD Hardware Engineer to join our PVD Hardware team developing next-generation Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) capital equipment. As the successful candidate, you would be joining other engineers in the group with equipment design/integration and will be expected to work to tight schedules in a highly regulated industry. You would show initiative and be motivated to learn new skills!

You would also be very adaptable and keen to take advantage of the opportunities KLA 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 occasional domestic and international travel, including to the United States.

• Maintaining, improving and installing PVD Hardware equipment onto demo training tools
• Problem solving for potential issues in manufacture and documenting changes to wiring schedules and mechanical drawings
• Report writing, customer service bulletins and software request forms
• Support with Change Orders
• Support updating BOMs
• Technical support to other departments and customers

• General technician / maintenance / fault finding experience
• A good level of understanding of Electronics/Electrical/Mechanical systems
• Ability to write reports and complete engineering paperwork
• Hands‑on experience assembling and testing sophisticated electrical boxes and working with mechanical/ pneumatic systems

• General technician / maintenance / fault finding experience
• A good level of understanding of Electronics/Electrical/Mechanical systems
• Ability to write reports and complete engineering paperwork
• Hands‑on experience assembling and testing sophisticated electrical boxes and working with mechanical/ pneumatic systems

• Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, share scheme, rewards scheme, life assurance, generous shift allowance and overtime premiums.

We provide advanced inspection tools,…