Graduate Process Engineer - Semiconductors (CVD/PVD/Etch)

KLA-Belgium; Newport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Job summary

KLA is seeking graduates to join our process and applications teams in Newport, supporting CVD, PVD, or Etch. You will receive full on-the-job training through our Graduate Development program and have opportunities to travel across Europe, Asia and the USA.

No prior experience required; we provide onboarding, classroom training, and hands-on project work to develop your skills while contributing to advanced semiconductor processes and patentable research.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Creative thinking

Communication skills

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Chemistry or Material Science

BSc / BEng

Masters desirable

Tools

MS Office

MATLAB

Job description

KLA is seeking graduates to join our process and applications teams in Newport, supporting CVD, PVD, or Etch. You will receive full on-the-job training through our Graduate Development program and have opportunities to travel across Europe, Asia and the USA.

No prior experience required; we provide onboarding, classroom training, and hands-on project work to develop your skills while contributing to advanced semiconductor processes and patentable research.