Graduate Product Management Engineer

KLA Corporation; Newport; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Contributory pension

Cash health plan

Cycle to work

Share scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

KLA Corporation offers a September 2027 Graduate programme within SPTS, focusing on Product Marketing. You will rotate through marketing, operations and processes, receiving extensive on‑the‑job training and mentoring.

Starting with classroom training and soft-skill development, you’ll work on roadmaps, demos, and collaboration with engineering and account teams to advance product initiatives.

Qualifications

• Graduate development programme with on‑the‑job training across marketing, operations and process teams.
• Minimum Bachelor's Degree (2:1) in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or Material Science; Master's degree desirable.
• Strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to work with cross‑functional teams.
• Experience with MS Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel) is advantageous.
• Willingness to travel internationally when needed.

Responsibilities

• Product roadmap definition and long-term forecasting.
• Generation and presentation of marketing collateral.
• Coordination of customer specification documents and boiler plate documentation.
• Developing System Configuration Documents (SCD) and data for throughputs and CoO.
• Hosting customer visits and live demos with engineering and account teams.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

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

Master's degree desirable

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Co-Pilot

Job description

This role is part of our 2027 Graduate programme and will start in September 2027. Following the Company's extensive onboarding and introduction program, you will join our Graduate Development programme that includes: Technical Classroom training, Soft-skills training, Team building, Corporate responsibility activities and finally placement across all our marketing, operations and 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 develop scheme. You will then be welcomed into your Team and continue your development supported by your SPTS mentor! Product Marketing Introduction: The Product Marketing team within SPTS are involved in various aspects of the marketing function including supporting systems sales efforts and setting product roadmaps. Starting with qualifying the sales opportunity, answering questions from the sales team/customer, responding to customer specifications and visit customer sites to progress sales prospects. In the factory, alongside engineering, product marketing arrange and manage customer demos, and when circumstances allow, host live demos with customers on site. Through interaction with various resources including the customer base, suppliers and analysts the product marketing team develop an understanding of our markets and position within those markets aiming to contribute to the overall product development and planning processes. For product development activities, the team create and prioritise roadmap targets. This involves setting the scene for the division to follow using the KLA Product Life Cycle (PLC) process. Product Marketing's responsibilities don't stop after the sales process has been completed. The team assist the account teams providing updates on product development, market trends and acting as the customer representative in any factory-based work. There may also be opportunities to work with Corporate Marketing on the creation of promotional materials and attendance (virtual or in person) at trade shows/technical conferences. This position may also involve occasional international travel. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Product roadmap definition
• Long-term forecasting
• Generation and presentation of marketing collateral
• Coordination and/or response to customer specification documents
• Ownership of boiler plate specification documentation for field reference.
• Generating Throughput and Cost-of-Ownership (CoO) data using industry-standard models
• Generating and updating System Configuration Documents (SCD) to define manufacturing builds
• Sample demonstration coordination with engineering and account teams
• Hosting customer visits for live demonstrations or show & tell
• Developing and maintaining contacts with customers and suppliers
• Writing and submitting abstracts and papers to relevant conferences and trade shows
  Has 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., Minimum Bachelor's Degree (2:1) in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or Material Science.
• 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 especially PowerPoint, Excel and Co-Pilot) would be advantageous., BSc / BEng / BA
  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.
• SPTS benefits package includes: 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.