Regional Development Applications Engineer

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

Job summary

KLA FaST division seeks talented specialists to deliver high-level applications support for metrology products used in semiconductor manufacturing. You will work with engineering, sales and marketing teams and customers to troubleshoot, characterize tools, and develop robust application recipes and training materials.

The role involves leading product introduction activities, sharing knowledge through BKMs, and supporting demonstrations and trials across global customers.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in engineering, physics, optics or materials science.
• Experience in semiconductor processing or equipment industry preferred.
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally (>50%).

Responsibilities

• Provide high level applications support for KLA FaST metrology products.
• Collaborate with engineering, sales and marketing teams and customer engineers.
• Lead product introduction projects: characterization, alpha/beta testing, pilot tool support.
• Develop and share best known methods (BKMs) and training materials for worldwide Field Applications.
• Publish papers or present findings at industry venues.
• Coordinate in-house customer demonstrations and head-to-head activities.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

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 Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

The role will be responsible for providing high level applications support of KLA FaST metrology products. Work closely with many organizations including engineering, sales and marketing within KLA and with customer engineers outside KLA; Conduct new product introduction projects, e.g. product characterization, alpha testing, beta testing and pilot tool support in the ramp phase; Provide escalation support to onsite field service engineer; leading and coordinating remote/local troubleshooting; Perform experiments to characterize tool/subcomponent performance and develop recipes to model complex optical applications; Provide application support and training to customers and responsible for generating best known method (BKM) documents and other training materials and transferring product knowledge to worldwide Field Applications team. Work closely with customers to develop solutions to problems, and publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals; Manage in-house customer demonstrations and head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer facilities.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors', Masters' or PhD in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Material Science or related fields and strong technical background; Preferred work experiences in semiconductor processing or equipment industry; Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skills; Self-driven, and a strong team player; >50% international travel would be required.

Compensation and 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 and Diversity

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