Image Sensor Development Engineer

KLA-Belgium; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Inclusive environment

Job summary

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, focusing on imaging sensors and related technologies. This role involves characterizing image sensors, integrating with camera electronics, and ensuring robust system verification throughout development.

Ideal candidates hold a PhD or equivalent research experience, with strong FPGA skills and a track record in wafer/IC related projects.

Qualifications

• Doctorate required or equivalent research experience.
• Master's degree with 3+ years related work experience.
• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive image sensor characterization and design to ensure optimal device performance and alignment with product division objectives.
• Integrate image sensors with camera electronics to facilitate seamless system operation and enhance device functionality.
• Execute rigorous system testing and verification processes to uphold quality standards and reliability throughout development.
• Participate in the transfer of developed technologies to operations, ensuring efficient scaling, production, and deployment.

Skills

Image sensor design

FPGA

Education

Doctorate (Academic) Degree

Master's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

FPGA tools

Job description

Company Overview

Company Overview KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Group/Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA's metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. The Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Job Description

• Perform comprehensive image sensor characterization and design to ensure optimal device performance and alignment with product division objectives.
• Integrate image sensors with camera electronics to facilitate seamless system operation and enhance device functionality.
• Execute rigorous system testing and verification processes to uphold quality standards and reliability throughout development.
• Participate in the transfer of developed technologies to operations, ensuring efficient scaling, production, and deployment.
• Expertise and hands‑on experience with FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technologies will be highly regarded for this position, as such competencies are integral to advanced prototyping, system integration, and real‑time processing within image sensor development.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience
• Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years
• Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Benefits

• 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer