KLA Tencor

Customer Support Engineer

KLA Tencor$70K — $119K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's level degree or 3 years of relevant work experience.
  • Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills for complex capital equipment.
  • Experience with board-level and system-level troubleshooting.
  • Familiarity with field service operations and customer engagement.
  • Ability to evaluate and analyze technical equipment problems.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and diagnose technical equipment problems over the phone or on-site.
  • Ensure equipment functionality enhances customer production capacity.
  • Perform repairs and modifications on customer equipment.
  • Analyze equipment issues to identify their type and extent.
  • Prepare detailed field service reports on customer support activities.
  • Assist Installation Engineers during installations and troubleshooting.
  • Contribute to knowledge sharing and improvement initiatives.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(K) with company matching contributions.
  • Employee stock purchase program (ESPP).
  • Tuition reimbursement and student debt assistance.
  • Wellness benefits, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Paid time off and holidays, plus family care leave.
Full Job Description
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

The Customer Support Engineer (CSE) is primarily responsible for customer service activities on FAST/Films tools that are associated with updating, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing highly complex capital equipment at customer sites. The Customer Service Engineer represents the company to the customer and assumes accountability for customer satisfaction with service. The CSE assures the operational quality of the system equipment and coordinates actions with customers to minimize down-time and may provide assistance to Installation Engineers in resolving problems.
  • Evaluate, analyze, diagnose and troubleshoot technical equipment problems via telephone or at customer site.
  • Ensure equipment enhances customer production.
  • Repair and modify equipment at customer facility.
  • Evaluate equipment to determine type and extend of problem. Repairs involve board-level troubleshooting which can be performed using standard procedures, as well as system level problems which have multiple causes and no standard procedures exist.
  • Repair of system level issues are based on CSEs technical knowledge, education, and training. Board vs.system level troubleshooting is split ~50/50.
  • In analyzing and diagnosing equipment issues, CSEs may access and determine a problem exists in customer process such as chemical leaks or contamination and as a result may recommend shutdown of customer fab due to unsafe conditions. CSEs also prepare field service reports on customer support activity and provide documentation to other supporting functions on re-occurring issues.
  • Prepare quotes for customers based on labor, travel expenses incurred and parts needed. CSEs use discretion and assist regional admin in preparing quotes based on reason for equipment failure, time to prepare etc.
  • Cross train and assist other field service engineers as appropriate. Provides guidance and technical assistance to Installation Engineers on installations at customer sites or on installing/dismantling demonstration machines.
  • The nature of work requires that CSEs work independently; only occasionally requiring guidance from management. CSEs are required to contact management on a daily basis (at least twice each day in a down tool situation) to report activities. CSEs spend part of their time in the office resolving equipment problems via phone and at least 50% of time at customer site and/or cleanroom factory environment.
  • Contribute to the Capturing, Re-use, Collaboration, and Improvement of knowledge using available systems.


Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Level Degree or work experience of 3 years

Base Pay Range: $33.75 - $57.36 Per Hour

Primary Location: USA-TX-Austin-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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