KLA Tencor

Applications Development Engineer - FaST

KLA Tencor$120K — $204K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in engineering applications or equivalent experience, or a Master's with 2-4 years or Bachelor's with 3-5 years.
  • Deep understanding of engineering principles and techniques.
  • Proficient in multiple related technical areas.
  • Ability to identify and devise solutions for system-wide issues.
  • Proficient in testing techniques and various applications.
  • Strong problem-solving skills for complex issues.
  • Excellent presentation and project management abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead medium-sized projects like H2H, PLC, and beta testing.
  • Create and evaluate characterization and field test plans.
  • Respond to customer inquiries and resolve complex issues.
  • Develop new applications for existing and pre-release products.
  • Document procedures, standards, and training materials.
  • Review and evaluate the quality of related technical documents.
  • Act as layer owner for complex demos.
  • Serve as Applications Representative for PLC projects.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life and other voluntary benefits.
  • 401(K) with company matching.
  • Employee stock purchase program (ESPP).
  • Tuition reimbursement program.
  • Wellness benefits and employee assistance program (EAP).
  • Generous paid time off and family care leave.
Full Job Description
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 Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Responsibilities
  • Lead medium-sized projects e.g. H2H, PLC, alpha characterization, beta testing, and gap analysis.
  • Create and evaluate characterization and field test plans.
  • Respond to customer requests and perform complex problem diagnosis and problem resolution
  • Develop and document new applications of existing and pre-release products, including BKMs.
  • Develop written procedures, standards, training material, and other technical documentation.
  • Review and evaluate quality of data in other related technical documents.
  • Layer owner on complex demos.
  • Serve as Applications Representative for PLC projects.


Minimum Qualifications

Ph.D. degree, Masters with 2-4 years, or Bachelors with 3-5 years experience or equivalent combination of education and experience in engineering applications.

Deeper understanding of each of the previous areas, plus:
  • Thoroughly understands engineering principles and techniques related to project activities.
  • Show a high degree of proficiency in several other related technical areas.
  • Ability to recognize system-wide issues and design accordingly.
  • Strong working knowledge of testing techniques
  • Strong working knowledge of various applications.
  • Ability to independently resolve complex problems.
  • Strong presentation skills.
  • Strong project management skills.


Base Pay Range: $120,000.00 - $204,000.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

KLA's total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

About KLA Tencor

KLA Corporation is a global capital equipment company that provides process control solutions for semiconductor and related industries. The Company's products are also used in a number of other high technology industries, including the packaging, light emitting diode (LED), power device and compound semiconductor markets. Its products and services are used by bare wafer, integrated circuit (IC), lithography reticle (reticle or mask) and disk manufacturers around the world. The Company's inspection and metrology products and related offerings are categorized in various groups, including Chip Manufacturing, Wafer Manufacturing, Reticle Manufacturing, LED, Power Device and Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing, Data Storage Media/Head Manufacturing, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Manufacturing, and General Purpose/Lab Applications.
Learn more about KLA Tencor
Size
11,300 employees
Market Cap
$52 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+21.5%
Revenue
$6 billion
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