Senior System Design Engineer — Mechatronics & Automation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Inclusive environment

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

KLA is seeking a Senior System Design Engineer to lead the design and integration of Inspection and Metrology machines. You will collaborate with Mechanical, Hardware, Optics and Software teams to translate customer needs into automated, high‑precision solutions and validate them with rigorous testing.

You will guide multi‑disciplinary projects, balancing technical and commercial constraints while ensuring on‑time delivery and performance targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in electro‑mechanical, electronics, or mechanical engineering with strong software logic knowledge.
• 3+ years in a system engineering role in high‑end equipment industries.
• Experience across machine design, PLC hardware/software, UI, SW flows, testing and debugging.
• Ability to lead multi‑disciplinary projects and manage budgets/timelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Inspection and Metrology machines, integrating mechanical, optical and software blocks.
• Analyze customer requirements and translate into measurable design requirements.
• Verify solutions with high‑speed mechatronic testing and parameter analysis.
• Coordinate cross‑team design and implementation for module integration.
• Write PLC test sequences and translate into SW requirements.
• Lead a multi‑disciplinary project/product team with budget, timeline and resource oversight.

Skills

Electro-mechanical

Electronics

Mechanical engineering

Analytical skills

Project management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

PLC programming

C

C++

Python

VBA

Job description

KLA is seeking a Senior System Design Engineer to lead the design and integration of Inspection and Metrology machines. You will collaborate with Mechanical, Hardware, Optics and Software teams to translate customer needs into automated, high‑precision solutions and validate them with rigorous testing.

You will guide multi‑disciplinary projects, balancing technical and commercial constraints while ensuring on‑time delivery and performance targets.