Customer Engagement Applications Engineer – Texas

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.

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

We are looking for an Applications Engagement Engineer to join our global CAPRES team, supporting customers with primary focus on Texas and the United States.. In this role, you will support application development and customer engagements for advanced electrical and magnetic metrology solutions. Working closely with regional engagement leads, customers, and internal teams, you will ensure that CAPRES solutions deliver measurable value in both R&D and high-volume manufacturing environments.

Develop and implement applications for CAPRES metrology systems, with focus on sheet resistance measurements, as well as CIPT, MOKE and FMR. Define and execute characterization plans and analyze electrical and magnetic measurement data to support customer evaluations and application deployment. Develop application methodologies, test strategies, and best known methods (BKMs), and document results in evaluation reports and application notes. Support customer engagements with key focus on the United States, including on-site tool evaluations, application ramp, and process integration.

Provide hands‑on support at customer sites, including recipe setup, optimization, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis of application issues. Implement and qualify new use cases at customer sites, ensuring successful adoption in both R&D and high-volume manufacturing. Capture customer requirements, application challenges, and future technology needs, and translate them into actionable recommendations for CAPRES headquarter for tool and software improvements. Contribute to application and evaluation projects in collaboration with regional teams and CAPRES headquarter, and support knowledge transfer and technical guidance within the team.

• Proven semiconductor process engineering experience in Ion Implantation, Metallization, Diffusion/CVD, or Etch Expertise in process characterization utilizing sheet resistance metrology and manufacturing data analytics. Demonstrated success in process optimization, yield enhancement, and cross-functional problem solving. Strong experience in customer-facing roles, including on-site engagement and technical discussions Ability to independently solve complex technical problems and application solutions Contribution to customer evaluations and product releases within project teams Strong expertise across multiple application domains Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, marketing, and field teams

• Doctorate (PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field with 0+ years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience; or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience Strong understanding of semiconductor applications, device characterization, or process engineering Solid knowledge of engineering principles related to electrical and magnetic measurements and data analysis Ability to independently analyze complex problems and develop effective technical…