Product Development Engineer

About KLA

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe.

About the Role

The Broadband Plasma (BBP) division is the market-leading optical inspection system used by logic, foundry, and memory customers to detect critical defects at advanced nodes. These tools combine broadband plasma technology with unmatched sensitivity and speed to support high-volume manufacturing.

The selected Product Development Engineer will work within the Broadband Plasma products. This role will involve requirements analysis, system design, and testing of complex inspection systems using expertise from multiple technical disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with marketing and engineering teams to define system and subsystem requirements and specifications.
• Create and execute test plans involving Hardware, Software, and Algorithm changes to validate system/subsystem performance.
• Collaborate with functional groups to define and review designs to solve customer problems.
• Support existing product lines and products released to the field and qualify new parts and processes to meet existing subsystem requirements and identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Support internal and external customers in implementing processes to build and use the tool effectively and solve intricate problems to optimize tool performance.
• Travel (up to 35%) to customer wafer fabs to troubleshoot issues across multiple subsystems involving optics, opto-mechanics, electronics, cameras, light sources, image computers, GPUs, wafer handler robots, precision stages, etc.
• Triage hardware, software, and algo issues and work with expert teams across different global locations to develop root cause analysis and lead investigations.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hardware
• Software
• Algorithm
• Optics
• Opto-mechanics
• Electronics
• Cameras
• Light sources
• Image computers
• GPUs
• Wafer handler robots
• Precision stages

Qualifications

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