Senior Regional Development Application Engineer

KLA; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 119,000 - 202,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

401(K) with company matching

Employee stock purchase program

Student debt assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Financial planning

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Paid company holidays

Family care and bonding leave

Job summary

KLA in Hillsboro, Oregon is seeking a qualified individual for a role that involves providing high-level application support of overlay measurement systems. The candidate will manage customer demonstrations, design experiments, and support field service engineers. A MS/PhD in relevant fields and experience in the semiconductor industry are essential. Benefits include medical, dental, and other perks. This position offers a competitive salary range of $119,000 - $202,300 annually.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background with MS/PhD in relevant fields.
• 5 years of experience with a Doctorate, 8 years with a Master's, or 10 years with a Bachelor's.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level application support for overlay measurement systems.
• Manage demonstrations and new tool showcases to drive sales.
• Design experiments for product value demonstration.
• Develop recipes to optimize tool performance.
• Support onsite field service engineers with troubleshooting.
• Characterize next-gen overlay measurement products.
• Design test plans, analyze data, and publish results.
• Create training materials for application support.
• Develop data analysis software tools with the system team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Self-driven

Team player

Education

MS/PhD in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Material Science or related fields

Work experience in semiconductor processing or equipment industry

Job description

Responsibilities

• Work closely with division organizations (engineering, sales, marketing) within KLA and with customer engineers outside KLA to provide high‑level application support of complex overlay measurement systems.
• Manage in‑house customer demonstrations and head‑to‑head activities at customer sites; conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase tool performance and develop use cases to drive tool sales.
• Design experiments to characterize tool/sub‑component performance, demonstrate product value in alpha testing, beta testing and pilot tool support during the ramp phase to enable product penetration and adoption at customer facilities.
• Develop recipes to model complex optical applications and optimize tool performance.
• Provide escalation support to onsite field service engineers, leading and coordinating remote/local troubleshooting.
• Characterize next‑generation state‑of‑the‑art overlay measurement products.
• Design test plans, collect and analyze data, and publish results and recommendations in applications notes and best‑known methods.
• Form training materials and transfer new production knowledge and application capabilities to worldwide application support team.
• Work closely with division system and algorithm team to develop software offline tools for data analysis and feature development.
• Focused customers include Intel and others.

Qualifications

• Must have MS/PhD in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Material Science or related fields and a strong technical background.
• Preferred work experience in semiconductor processing or equipment industry.
• Must have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Must be self‑driven and a strong team player.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 5 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 10 years.

Primary Location: USA-OR-Hillsboro-Beaverton-KLA

Base Pay Range: $119,000.00 - $202,300.00 annually.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, 401(K) with company matching, employee stock purchase program, student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement, financial planning, wellness programs, paid time off, paid company holidays, family care and bonding leave.

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.