Systems Engineer

Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and in 2019 we invested 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world's leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow's electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Group/Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA's metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. The Optical Metrology Division products are used for optical overlay metrology. The portfolio of products includes unique solution packages which are based on hardware and software systems to enhance yield and effectiveness. As a world leader in its field of expertise, the division's products are the most advanced in performance (measurement accuracy of nanometers and below), reliability, ease of use and compatibility with other KLA's products.

Systems Engineer (m/f/d)

• Analysis of required solutions (problem definitions) of a SEM system - definition of application-related system requirements
• System characterization, including error budget analysis, concept development and elaboration of optimized system properties/solutions
• Continuous product enhancement of SEM based Metrology tool
• Calibration and optimization processes of SEM systems – both, function and application
• Key contact for system related questions for all disciplines – design, electronics development, S/W and application development
• Support customer escalations by driving root cause analysis using 7-step / 8D at customer sites worldwide (fly and fix)
• Good command of English, both, spoken and written
• Analytical approach to solve problems/technical challenges
• Ability to work in an international team
• Willingness to travel (up to 50%)

• Higher education, physicist or engineer, ideally with specialization in electron beam microscopy
• Start as young professional (NCG) possible, 2-3 years professional experience or secondary professional training in this area preferred
• Practical experience in working with/in the characterization of electron beam systems as a whole (system understanding) - source, electron optics (charged particle optics), detectors, probe handling, vacuum systems
• Imaging and image processing of SEM images
• Complex relationships of determining parameters of image generation
• Image processing and image analysis and their basic algorithms
• Optical measuring processes and methods (e.g. Interferometry)
• Analytical theory of errors and error propagation
• Statistical methods to assess data and results
• Matlab / Python and higher level script languages

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