Regional Applications Engineer — Overlay & Metrology

KLA-Belgium; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

KLA is seeking an Applications Engineer in Hillsboro, OR to partner with engineering, sales and customer teams to support advanced overlay measurement systems. You’ll design experiments, develop usage cases, and create documentation to demonstrate product value at customer sites.

The role requires MS or PhD in physics or related fields, strong problem-solving and communication skills, and proficiency in English; MATLAB/Python experience is a plus. On-site position with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Physics or related engineering fields (optics, materials science, microelectronics)
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be self-driven and independent, while still being a strong team player.
• Proficient in English; MATLAB/Python experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineering, sales and marketing and customer engineers to provide high level applications support for complex overlay measurement systems.
• Manage in-house customer demonstrations and head-to-head activities at customer sites.
• Design experiments to characterize tool/subcomponent performance and develop use cases for adoption at customer facilities.
• Develop recipes to model complex optical applications and optimize tool performance; provide escalation support to onsite field service engineers.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

English proficiency

MATLAB

Python

Education

Doctorate (Academic) Degree

Master's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

KLA is seeking an Applications Engineer in Hillsboro, OR to partner with engineering, sales and customer teams to support advanced overlay measurement systems. You’ll design experiments, develop usage cases, and create documentation to demonstrate product value at customer sites.

The role requires MS or PhD in physics or related fields, strong problem-solving and communication skills, and proficiency in English; MATLAB/Python experience is a plus. On-site position with comprehensive benefits.