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Applications Development Engineer

KLA · Hillsboro, OR · On-site

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About KLA

KLA is a leader in process control using advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, and computational analytics. Keep Looking Ahead.

About the role

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. In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Master’s or PhD in Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • 3–8+ years of experience in semiconductor applications, metrology, or process engineering
  • Knowledge of: Thermal probe technology
  • Optical metrology
  • Thermal probe characterization and modeling
  • Semiconductor process integration (logic, memory, or packaging)
More about this role

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.

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. The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) division delivers industry-leading metrology solutions essential to advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its portfolio includes systems for...

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