Research Chemist

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 ECI Division at KLA delivers chemical metrology and process control solutions that enable precise monitoring and control of critical wet process steps in semiconductor and advanced packaging manufacturing. By providing real time chemical analysis and management systems, ECI helps customers prevent yield limiting defects, stabilize complex metallization and cleaning processes and support next generation device and packaging technologies.

• Lead the development of innovative chemical analyzers and quantitative analytical methods for measuring process fluids used in the semiconductor industry.
• Develop, optimize, and validate quantitative chemical measurement methods, with emphasis on accuracy, precision, sensitivity, selectivity, linearity, robustness, and reproducibility.
• Apply a strong foundation in analytical chemistry, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, and quantitative analysis to solve complex measurement and process-control challenges.
• Lead experimental investigations to establish method performance, measurement capability, detection limits, sources of variability, and analytical uncertainty.
• Design and execute statistically sound experiments; perform quantitative data analysis, interpret results, identify trends, and translate findings into robust analytical methods.
• Drive innovation in analytical methodologies and measurement technologies to improve the performance, reliability, and differentiation of ECI products.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with chemistry, engineering, software, and product teams to translate analytical methods into automated chemical analyzer systems.
• Troubleshoot complex analytical and chemical measurement problems using a combination of experimental data, chemical principles, statistical analysis, and root-cause investigation.
• Validate analytical methods developed in R&D and establish appropriate calibration, performance verification, and method acceptance criteria.
• Support product development and commercialization through laboratory testing, method transfer, technical documentation, and ongoing technical support.
• Prepare detailed technical reports, scientific publications, and presentations documenting analytical methods, experimental results, and conclusions.
• Present scientific and technical findings to internal teams, customers, and at technical conferences.

• Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Electrochemistry, or a closely related scientific discipline.
• Strong background in quantitative analytical chemistry, including demonstrated experience developing, optimizing, and validating chemical measurement methods.
• Demonstrated…