System Design Engineer

Company Overview

Group/Division

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and qualify system calibrations, health checks, and diagnostic methodologies to ensure consistent tool performance across engineering, manufacturing, and customer sites.
• Work on Complex Electromechanical Systems, Wafer Handling Automation and Precision Stages.
• Own characterization and continuous improvement of complex optical subsystems including focus modules, image acquisition systems.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for system performance issues.
• Lead technical investigations for critical customer escalations, coordinate cross-functional root-cause analyses, develop corrective action plans, and provide expert-level support to Field Service, Applications, and Customer Support teams.
• Support NPI activities including engineering builds, beta installations, field qualification, performance validation, and customer pilot deployments. Work closely with software, electrical, mechanical, applications, and service teams to ensure successful product introduction.
• Be an agent of change: The semiconductor industry is a fast-paced industry with constant change and ever-increasing speed of new product introductions.
• The successful candidate is expected to adopt and drive new ideas and new ways of doing things in a fast moving and highly competitive industry. This is high-visibility role.
• Develop diagnostic tools, data analysis utilities, scripts, and automation workflows to improve troubleshooting efficiency, characterization quality, and engineering productivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical or related fields with at least 0-3 years of work experience.
• Ability to work effectively with little supervision and achieve results in a timely manner
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, scripting, statistical analysis, and engineering CAD tools.
• Effective communicator with good interpersonal skills. Ideally, have strong experience in managing and messaging to customers and Executives.
• Proven track record of technical issues resolution. Good problem solver who works well as part of a focused team.
• Experience developing, integrating, troubleshooting, or supporting complex opto-mechanical, electromechanical, or semiconductor capital equipment or systems.
• Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, wafer inspection, defect review, lithography, advanced packaging, metrology, or process control is preferred.
• Excellent English communication skills are required. Ability to speak Mandarin is a plus but not necessary.
• Strong fundamentals in Wafer Handling Automation, microscopy, imaging systems, sensors, motion control, precision positioning systems and system characterization.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years

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.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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