PVD Hardware Engineer

KLA; Newport; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Cash health plan

Cycle to work scheme

Global bonus plan

Share scheme

Life assurance

Shift allowance and overtime premiums

Job summary

KLA are seeking a talented and motivated PVD Hardware Engineer to join our Newport-based PVD Hardware team. You will work on next-generation Physical Vapour Deposition capital equipment, collaborating with engineers on design/integration and meeting tight schedules in a regulated industry.

Travel both domestically and internationally may be required. You will be based in the Newport factory, with opportunities for learning and personal development.

Qualifications

• General technician / maintenance / fault finding experience.
• Good understanding of Electronics/Electrical/Mechanical systems.
• Ability to write reports and complete engineering paperwork.
• Hands-on experience assembling and testing sophisticated electrical boxes and working with mechanical/pneumatic systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining, improving and installing PVD Hardware equipment onto demo training tools.
• Problem solving for potential issues in manufacture and documenting changes to wiring schedules and mechanical drawings.
• Report writing, customer service bulletins and software request forms.
• Support with Change Orders.
• Support updating BOMs.
• Technical support to other departments and customers.

Skills

General technician experience

Electronics understanding

Report writing

Hands-on testing

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.

Group/Division

The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. The SPTS division provides advanced wafer processing solutions—including etch, deposition and vapor-based technologies—designed for R&D through high-volume production. With a global presence and strong customer support network, SPTS helps manufacturers across industries improve performance, yield and cost-efficiency. It also offers comprehensive service and spare parts through a worldwide network of service centers and qualified local agents.

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.

About the Role

KLA are seeking a talented and motivated PVD Hardware Engineer to join our PVD Hardware team developing next-generation Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) capital equipment. As the successful candidate, you would be joining other engineers in the group with equipment design/integration and will be expected to work to tight schedules in a highly regulated industry. You would show initiative and be motivated to learn new skills! You would also be very adaptable and keen to take advantage of the opportunities KLA can offer in progressing your personal development! You will be based in the Newport factory; however, this position may also involve a small amount of occasional domestic and international travel, including to the United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining, improving and installing PVD Hardware equipment onto demo training tools
• Problem solving for potential issues in manufacture and documenting changes to wiring schedules and mechanical drawings
• Report writing, customer service bulletins and software request forms
• Support with Change Orders
• Support updating BOMs
• Technical support to other departments and customers

Required Qualifications & Experience

• General technician / maintenance / fault finding experience
• A good level of understanding of Electronics/Electrical/Mechanical systems
• Ability to write reports and complete engineering paperwork
• Hands‑on experience assembling and testing sophisticated electrical boxes and working with mechanical/ pneumatic systems

Minimum Qualifications

• General technician / maintenance / fault finding experience
• A good level of understanding of Electronics/Electrical/Mechanical systems
• Ability to write reports and complete engineering paperwork
• Hands‑on experience assembling and testing sophisticated electrical boxes and working with mechanical/ pneumatic systems

Our 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, generous shift allowance and overtime premiums.

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. We do not accept resumes from headhunters, placement agencies, or other suppliers that have not signed a formal agreement with us.