Electrical Engineering Internship

KLA Corporation; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life benefits

401(K) including company matching

Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)

Tuition reimbursement program

Development and career growth programs

Financial planning benefits

Wellness benefits including EAP

Paid time off and paid holidays

Family care and bonding leave

Job summary

KLA Corporation in Milpitas, CA is seeking an engineering intern to contribute to design, simulation, and testing of circuits for advanced semiconductor equipment. You will work on analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits within a collaborative team.

The role involves component selection, PCB layout review, and ensuring integration of electrical subsystems, with opportunities to participate in design reviews and gain hands-on experience across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Requires less than 1 year of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, simulation, assembly, and debugging of circuits used in complex camera subsystems.
• Assist in design, simulation, and testing of analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for KLA's advanced semiconductor equipment.
• Perform component selection, schematic capture, and PCB layout review.
• Support integration and validation of electrical subsystems within larger systems.
• Conduct laboratory experiments, collect data, and analyze results to identify and resolve electrical issues.
• Develop and execute test plans for electrical components and assemblies.
• Document design specifications, test procedures, and experimental findings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including mechanical, software, and systems engineers.
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical input.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic capture

PCB layout review

Analog/digital/mixed-signal testing

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ECAD tools

Job description

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. KLA's Central Engineering organization is made up of nine Centers of Excellence (CoEs) spanning disciplines like automation, motion control, sensors, platform design, and packaging. Each CoE contributes not only technical deliverables but also deep expertise, best practices, and advanced tools that elevate both what we build—and how we build it.

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. Work with experienced team members in the Sensors Group on design, simulation, assembly, and debug of circuits used in complex camera subsystems. Assist in the design, simulation, and testing of analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for KLA's advanced semiconductor equipment.

• Perform component selection, schematic capture, and PCB layout review.
• Support the integration and validation of electrical subsystems within larger systems.
• Conduct laboratory experiments, collect data, and analyze results to identify and resolve electrical issues.
• Develop and execute test plans for electrical components and assemblies.
• Document design specifications, test procedures, and experimental findings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including mechanical, software, and systems engineers.
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical input.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires less than 1 year of related experience.

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.

Total Rewards

Total Rewards Base Pay Range: $35.00 - $41.00 per hour based on pursuit of a Bachelor’s Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

• participation in performance incentive programs
• medical benefits
• dental benefits
• vision benefits
• life benefits
• other voluntary benefits
• 401(K) including company matching
• employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
• student debt assistance
• tuition reimbursement program
• development and career growth opportunities and programs
• financial planning benefits
• wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP)
• paid time off and paid company holidays
• family care and bonding leave

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.

Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting.

Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training.

We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable.

If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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