Product Development Engineering at 1000 KLA Corporation — Hillsboro, OR

Company Overview

Group/Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. The Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Company Overview

Group/Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. The Surfscan SFS-ADE group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

The SFS-ADE division engineering is looking for highly motivated individual to join a growing team of system engineer to develop and sustain state-of-the-art wafer inspection equipment. Product Development Engineer, so called the system Home team independently respond to miscellaneous solution or support plan while adopt KLA advance instrument tools in SFS or ADE products to provide the maximum value to wafer fabrication customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive resolution of complex customer escalations by coordinating cross-functional division teams including R&D, Applications, Software, Hardware, and Service, ensuring root cause is identified and corrective actions are implemented effectively
• Provide sustained engineering support for fielded systems to enable successful customer adoption, long‐term product sustainability, and high customer satisfaction
• Define, document, and review system specifications and technical requirements, ensuring alignment with product roadmaps
• Contribute to system design and development activities, including architecture definition, performance characterization, and validation of advanced metrology systems
• Act as a system‐level technical owner for customer support by understanding customer requirements, translating them into actionable technical expectations, and ensuring solutions meet performance, quality, and reliability objectives
• Support customers globally through international travel as required, providing onsite troubleshooting, escalation support, and technical engagement to strengthen customer partnerships.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering principles with experience developing, deploying, and supporting complex systems in the semiconductor industry
• Demonstrated technical depth in one or more areas: optical systems, opto‐mechanics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering
• Solid foundation in physics, mathematics, and computational methods, with strong analytical and system‐level problem‐solving skills
• Experience with data processing, analytics, and statistical analysis; proficiency in Python and MATLAB is a plus
• Ability to operate effectively in fast‐paced environments, take ownership of technically ambiguous problems, and lead or support customer escalations
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 50% to support customers and onsite escalations

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Base Pay Range: $100,100.00 - $170,200.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-OR-Hillsboro-Beaverton-KLA