Product Applications Engineer

Company Overview

Group/Division

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Engineer, Product Applications role in product division, which designs and manufactures inspection & review equipment for semiconductor manufacturing industry. Based in Chennai, India, the Engineer, Product Applications will be responsible for:

Product penetration/adoption and process optimization at customer facilities in fabs. This includes gaining expertise on KLA equipment and customers semiconductor fabrication processes and applying them to solve critically important production problems. Apps engineering roles also includes training customers and other apps engineers, handling/driving local apps issue process, investigating customer technical needs/problems and providing solutions, conducting final acceptance, demonstrating products, and understanding competitive situations, methodology, and performance group analysis. Report technology development and new applications to Marketing. Support pre-sale and post-sale activities.

Characterization of new systems and features. This includes crafting and conducting experiments, collecting data, publishing results and recommendations in the form of applications notes, best known methods or characterization studies.

Work experience in semiconductor processing or equipment industry preferred. These roles require to travel up to 70% on short notice. Extensive international travel and working with other global cultures is part of the role. Team work is critical, so having a good balance between technical skills and people skills is important.

Minimum Qualifications

Ph.D. and Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

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