Graduate Electrical / Electronic Engineer

KLA Corporation; Newport; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Pension

Health plan

Cycle to work

Bonus plan

Share scheme

Rewards scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

KLA Corporation in Newport invites a Graduate Electrical/Electronic Design Engineer to join our 2027 intake and train through a structured graduate development scheme. You will then join one of our product design teams delivering electrical solutions for CVD, PVD, or Etch products.

Based at Celtic Lakes Newport, the role is on-site with mentor support, onboarding, and placement across operations and process teams to shape the future of semiconductor technology.

Qualifications

• A passion for learning and development, continuously seeking for new knowledge and learning opportunities.
• A logical approach to provide internal customer solutions with a good attention to detail and foresight and ability to collect, filter and analyse data to build solutions for sophisticated technological problems
• The ability to think creatively of novel but practical solutions to internal customer problems
• Communication skills - You'll enjoy establishing and maintaining good working relationships with both customers and colleagues.
• Minimum Bachelor's Degree (2:1) in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Applicants with a Master's Degree or prior experience of studies within the semiconductor industry would be desirable but certainly not a must.
• A good acquaintance with SW tools (MS office, MATLAB) would be advantageous.
• BSc / BEng

Responsibilities

• Electrical / electronic control and interface design
• Electrical assembly design
• Design of electrical enclosures using Solid Edge
• Wiring Harness Design
• AC/DC power distribution circuit design
• Analogue and digital circuit design
• Fault finding / problem solving
• Designing critical safety circuits to comply with EN13849
• Technical report writing
• Producing engineering drawings, build and test guides.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Creative problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Master's degree desirable

BSc / BEng

Tools

MATLAB

MS Office

Job description

It is not required for you to already have the skills and knowledge to perform the role, full on the job training will be provided through our graduate development scheme. You will then be welcomed into your Team and continue your development supported by your KLA mentor! Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Responsibilities

• Electrical / electronic control and interface design
• Electrical assembly design
• Design of electrical enclosures using Solid Edge
• Wiring Harness Design
• AC/DC power distribution circuit design
• Analogue and digital circuit design
• Fault finding / problem solving
• Designing critical safety circuits to comply with EN13849
• Technical report writing
• Producing engineering drawings, build and test guides.

This position will give an opportunity for working some shift patterns to fully utilise our state-of-the-art manufacturing cleanroom. We will seek to give as much notice as possible where shift work is required. KLA will of course provide shift allowance in line with company policy.

Qualifications & Requirements

• A passion for learning and development, continuously seeking for new knowledge and learning opportunities.
• A logical approach to provide internal customer solutions with a good attention to detail and foresight and ability to collect, filter and analyse data to build solutions for sophisticated technological problems
• The ability to think creatively of novel but practical solutions to internal customer problems
• Communication skills - You'll enjoy establishing and maintaining good working relationships with both customers and colleagues.
• Minimum Bachelor's Degree (2:1) in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Applicants with a Master's Degree or prior experience of studies within the semiconductor industry would be desirable but certainly not a must.
• A good acquaintance with SW tools (MS office, MATLAB) would be advantageous.
• BSc / BEng

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale-faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

What You'll Do In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise. Graduate Electrical/Electronic Design Engineer This role will be based in Celtic Lakes. Our new 237,000-square-foot Newport facility provides additional production and customer collaboration spaces, including 25,000 square feet of R&D clean rooms, 35,000 square feet of state-of-the-art manufacturing space and tool demo areas, all designed to support development of semiconductor process technologies across advanced packaging, power devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), radio frequency (RF) and photonics sector technology. You'll be joining one of our product design teams covering either our CVD, PVD, or Etch products, providing electrical & electronic solutions from our head office in Newport. This role is part of our 2027 Graduate programme and will start in September 2027. If you are looking to establish a career in a fast-growing, award-winning, global company with a clearly defined career development path this scheme is for you! Following our extensive onboarding and introduction program, you will join our Graduate Development program which includes Technical Classroom training, Soft-skills training, Team building, corporate responsibility activities and finally placement across all our operations and process teams.

Benefits

• Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Cash health plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Global bonus plan
• Share scheme
• Rewards scheme
• Life assurance.
• 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.