Product Install Engineer - Chemical Analysis - >80% travel

KLA; Totowa (NJ); On-site; USD 43,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

401(k) matching

ESPP

Job summary

KLA is hiring for a Product Installation Engineer based in the United States (NJ Totowa). The role involves installing and qualifying highly advanced semiconductor tools at customer sites worldwide, troubleshooting complex issues, and ensuring high-quality deployments. You will work with cross-functional teams and travel extensively to serve customers.

The position emphasizes collaboration, meticulous documentation, and ensuring customer satisfaction across diverse environments and cultures.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent in science/engineering or related field.
• Experience supporting complex capital equipment in semiconductor industry preferred.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Install and qualify advanced KLA systems at customer sites globally, ensuring on-time, quality installations.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve installation issues with root-cause analysis.
• Set up, align, calibrate, and verify complex semiconductor equipment.
• Collaborate with regions, engineering, and customer teams to verify performance and transfer ownership.
• Provide clear status updates and complete installation documentation; secure warranty sign-off.

Skills

Electronics systems

Diagnostics & troubleshooting

Electrical & electro-mechanical

Networking basics

Attention to detail

Cross-cultural communication

Problem solving

Education

Associate degree or equivalent in science/engineering

Tools

Windows OS

Unix OS

Microsoft Office

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.

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.

• Selected candidate must be able to travel >80% of the time
• Be the Face of KLA Technology at Our Customer Sites Worldwide

At KLA, our Product Installation Engineers (IEs) are the critical first connection between our customers and their new, highly advanced equipment. This role is instrumental in shaping the customer’s first—and lasting—impression of KLA products, services, and technical excellence.

What You’ll Do:

• Install and qualify advanced KLA systems at customer sites globally, ensuring installations are completed on schedule and meet quality standards
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues during installation by identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions
• Perform setup, alignment, calibration, and verification of highly complex semiconductor capital equipment
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with KLA regions, engineering, and customer teams to verify system performance and transfer tool ownership
• Provide clear status updates to all stakeholders throughout the installation process
• Complete installation documentation and administrative requirements accurately and on time
• Secure warranty sign‑off on newly installed tools

What You’ll Work:

• Operate independently while following documented procedures, exercising sound technical judgment within defined guidelines
• Work under guidance from managers and senior IEs, with increasing autonomy as experience grows
• Engage effectively in cross‑cultural and cross‑functional environments
• Extensive travel domestically (up to 80%) and internationally to support customer installations worldwide

What You Bring (Qualifications):

• Strong knowledge of electronics, fluid dynamics, mechanical, electro‑mechanical, and electro‑optical systems
• Experience with chemistry or chemical analysis strongly preferred
• Comfort working with computer systems, operating systems, and networking (Windows, Unix, or similar environments)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and troubleshooting abilities
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Highly self‑motivated, organized, and detail‑oriented
• Able to work effectively across cultures, functions, and geographies

Minimum Qualifications

Associates of Science/Engineering/Technology minimum degree or equivalent work experience in supporting complex capital equipment for the semiconductor industry is required.

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.

Total Rewards

Base Pay Range: $30.92 - $45.00 Per Hour

Primary Location: USA‑NJ‑Totowa‑KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to:

• medical, dental, vision, life, and 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

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [e-mail] or at [phone] to request accommodation. For additional information, view the US Know Your Rights poster on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website. We do not accept resumes from headhunters, placement agencies, or other suppliers that have not signed a formal agreement with us.

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