Graduate Radio Frequency (RF) Electrical Engineer

KLA; Newport; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days + holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Cash health plan

Cycle to work scheme

Share scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

KLA seeks a Graduate Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer to join its Newport site, contributing to prototype electronics and RF hardware development within CVD, PVD, or Etch product streams. The 2027 graduate programme begins in September 2027, with a comprehensive onboarding and hands-on development through a mentored scheme.

Entry requires a 2:1 in electrical/electronic engineering or physics; a master’s degree is desirable but not required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree (2:1) in electrical/electronic engineering or physics.
• 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, particularly Excel and Powerpoint) would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and construction of prototype electronics and RF hardware including RF plasma delivery systems generators.
• Matching units and RF matching unit circuitry, networks and transformers.
• DC bias handling and PCB design package usage; electromagnetic and RF modelling.
• Operate RF test equipment: oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, network analysers, RF diagnostic probes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Independent & collaborative

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/electronic engineering or physics

Master's degree desirable

Tools

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

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 Radio Frequency (RF) 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 innovative 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 and design 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. You will then be welcomed into your Team and continue your development supported by your KLA mentor!

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Design and construction of prototype electronics and RF hardware including
• RF plasma delivery systems generators
• Matching units,
• RF matching unit circuitry,
• networks, transformers, filters, RF electrode circuitry, isolation and filter circuits
• DC bias handling, PCB design package.
• Electromagnetic & Radio Frequency modelling
• Operation RF test equipment oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, network analysers, RF diagnostic probes

This position will give an opportunity for working some shift patterns to fully utilise our pioneering 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.

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:

• An understanding of analogue electronics and electronic circuits
• An interest in control systems and instrumentation
• An awareness of RF and microwave principles
• An interest in semiconductor technologies and their applications
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

Your qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree (2:1) in electrical/electronic engineering or physics.
• 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, particularly Excel and Powerpoint) would be advantageous.

What will we offer you?

KLA’s 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.

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.

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.