Graduate Process Engineer

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

Job summary

KLA Newport is offering a Graduate Process Engineer role within our process and applications teams (CVD, PVD or Etch). You will receive extensive training through the Graduate Development program and gain hands-on experience in a fast-growing semiconductor company.

You will travel to support customers in Europe, Asia and the USA, participate in technical training, and contribute to developing new products that meet customer needs while building your career in a global tech leader.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 2:1 in Physics, Chemistry or Materials Science as required.
• Masters or semiconductor industry study is desirable but not required.
• Good familiarity with MS Office and MATLAB is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and demonstrate processes to meet specifications.
• Contribute to projects developing new products for global customers.
• Assess results using analytical labs and software tools like Excel.
• Troubleshoot faults on process solutions in-house and in the field.
• Provide updates to product marketing and process teams with written summaries.
• Establish strong customer and team relationships to communicate results.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree (2:1) in Physics, Chemistry or Material Science

Masters in semiconductor-related field (desirable)

Tools

MS Office

MATLAB

Job description

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 Process Engineer

You'll be joining one of our process and applications teams covering either our CVD, PVD, or Etch products, providing process support and solutions from our office in Newport as well as being given opportunity for you to travel supporting customers in the field, involving travel throughout Europe, Asia, and USA.

This role represents an excellent opportunity for scientists or engineers who are looking to establish a career in a fast-growing, award-winning, global semiconductor company with a clearly defined career development path.

Following the company's 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 of our process teams. 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.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Developing and demonstrating our processes to meet the agreed specifications
• Contributing constructively to the work of our project teams in developing new products that meet the requirements of our global customer for their next generation designs.
• Assessing results using our fully equipped analytical laboratory and software tools including Excel etc
• Problem solving, trouble shooting and investigating faults on process solutions both in-house and in the field
• Providing regular updates to the product marketing and process teams on progress of sample and demonstration work, where required summarising results in a written report or presentation.
• Establishing both effective customer and team relationships particularly for clear communication of results and ideas
• Planning your work and delivering plans in a safe, sensible and timely manner
• Research into published work relevant to our process development
• Writing technical reports for patent applications and writing technical papers for publication at conferences, seminars etc.
• This position will give an opportunity for some international travel and working some shift patterns to fully utilise our innovative development cleanroom.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Whilst no experience is necessary, in your application and through assessment you'll show us you:

• Have a passion for learning and development, continuously seeking for new knowledge and learning opportunities.
• Can think logically to provide customer solutions with a good attention to detail and foresight and ability to collect, filter and analyse data to build solutions for complex technological problems
• Has the ability to think creatively of novel but practical solutions to customer problems
• Is able to demonstrate strong communication skills – You'll enjoy establishing and maintaining good working relationships with both customers and colleagues.

Your qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree (2:1) in Physics, Chemistry or Material Science.
• Applicants with a Masters 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.

Minimum Qualifications

BSc / BEng

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews - whether virtual or in person is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.