Manufacturing Design Engineer - Electron Optics

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

Job summary

KLA Corporation in Singapore is seeking an experienced systems engineer to support advanced eBeam product development and manufacturing. You will tackle complex SEM issues, analyze data, and drive improvements while coordinating cross‑functional teams across projects.

The role emphasizes manufacturability input, hands‑on testing, and collaboration with global engineering and production teams. A strong technical background and multi‑discipline leadership are valued.

Qualifications

• Masters or Doctorate in Physics, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or related fields.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills for experiments, modeling and data analysis.
• Ability to present technical solutions to manufacturability issues.
• Ability to create technical presentations up to the divisional level.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex system interaction issues on an advanced SEM instrument.
• Independently devise analyses and solutions for complex problems.
• Analyze data and use modeling to drive improvements.
• Provide manufacturability design requirements to designers.
• Develop and maintain processes for system test and troubleshooting.
• Set up complex project plans across multiple resources and drive to completion.
• Provide fly and fix support on field escalations and beta testing at customer sites.

Skills

Systems engineering

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

Project planning

Education

Masters or PhD in Physics/EE/ME

Tools

Vacuum systems

Electron optics

High voltage

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

KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

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.

You will be a key member of the eBeam operations team. This position affords an extremely diverse international manufacturing business and technology experience. KLA-Tencor eBeam product designs include a variety of complex cutting edge technologies. Opportunities for growth include manufacturing management, project management, and design engineering.

Your responsibilities include:

• Solve complex system interaction issues on an advanced scanning electron microscopy instrument.
• Acting independently, devise and drive innovative analyses and solutions for complex problems.
• Analyze data and/or utilize modeling to drive process, specifications, and design improvements.
• Provide manufacturability design requirements to designers.
• Develop, implement, and maintain processes for system test and trouble‑shooting in manufacturing.
• Setup complex project plans, across multiple resources disciplines, and drive to completion.
• Provide fly and fix support on field escalations for analysis/resolution on issues requiring in-depth product design know‑how and support beta testing at customer sites.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters or Doctorate in Physics, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related fields.
• 5 or more years of experience in systems engineering or related fields.
• Possess strong troubleshooting and analytical skills to support technical issues, set‑up experiments, modeling, and data analysis.
• Ability to champion his/her technical solutions to manufacturability issues found with the design.
• Ability to create effective technical presentations up to the divisional level.

Preferred experience

• Experience with Vacuum Systems, Electron Optics, and High Voltage for scanning electron microscopes or equivalent a plus.

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.