Applications Development Engineer

Company: Kla Corporation
Location: Ann Arbor
Posted on: May 16, 2020

Job Description:

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Calling the adventurers ready to join a company that's pushing the limits of nanotechnology to keep the digital revolution rolling. At KLA, we're making technology advancements that are bigger and tinier than the world has ever seen.

Who are we* We research, develop, and manufacture the world's most advanced inspection and measurement equipment for the semiconductor and nanoelectronics industries. We enable the digital age by pushing the boundaries of technology, creating tools capable of finding defects smaller than a wavelength of visible light. We create smarter processes so that technology leaders can manufacture high-performance chips the kind in that phone in your pocket, the tablet on your desk and nearly every electronic device you own faster and better. We're passionate about creating solutions that drive progress and help people do what wouldn't be possible without us. The future is calling. Will you answer*

GROUP/DIVISION

The Instruments Group is focused on development of advanced inspection and metrology equipment used in high-volume production and research and development environments. Organization is globally located in US, China, and Singapore. The Instruments Group provides mission-critical cost-effective solutions for power electronics, LED, communications, automotive, data storage, and other related nanoelectronics and materials science applications. We partner with our customers to provide advanced hardware and software solutions to enhance yield and lower overall production costs by supplying world-leading inspection, metrology and review systems. In addition to developing valuable product solutions, the Instruments Group provides support to customers to achieve performance entitlement through sharing and implementation of application BKMs (Best Known Methods).

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Product Development: Characterization of next generation state-of-the art semiconductor wafer inspection products. This includes designing test plans, collecting data, performing analysis, publishing results and recommendations in the form of applications notes, best known methods.

* Use-case Demos: Conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase tool performance and develop use cases to help drive tool sales.

* Customer support: Product value demonstration during beta testing, Head-to-Heads (H2H) and tools in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration/adoption at customer facilities. This includes-investigating semiconductor manufacturing yield issues and providing inspection solutions; creating & sharing product value statements and use-cases with engineering, marketing and sales groups; training customers and other applications engineers.

QUALIFICATIONS

* Doctorate (Academic) OR Master's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience OR Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

* Degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Material Science or related field.

* A background in IC processing OR Semiconductor equipment is strongly desirable.

* Ability to perform complex data/image analysis using data-analysis tools.

* Teamwork is critical so having a good balance between technical skills and people skills is a must.

* Must have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills. Candidate will be required to frequently present results to internal as well as external customers.

* Excellent English communication is required. Ability to speak Mandarin, Korean or Japanese is a plus, but not necessary.

* This position requires candidates who are willing to travel up to 70% and international travel is required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

* Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience OR Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

KLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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