Applications Development Engineer

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 LS-SWIFT Division of KLA's Global Products Group provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership in defect detection for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from the foundry, logic, memory, automotive, MEMS, advanced packaging and other markets rely upon high-sample wafer inspection information generated by LS-SWIFT products. LS (Laser Scanning) systems enable cost-effective patterned wafer defect detection for the industry's most sophisticated process technologies deployed in leading-edge foundry, logic, DRAM, and NAND fabs. SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) systems deliver all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection that is critical for automotive IC, MEMS, and advanced packaging processes as well as foundry/logic and memory fabs. LS-SWIFT operates from a global footprint that includes the US, Singapore, India and Germany, and serves a worldwide customer base across Asia, Europe and North America.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with application of ML/DL techniques on image classification problems in high-volume manufacturing environments
• Proficiency in SW feature testing and in-depth evaluation of novel algorithm prototypes
• Demonstrated ability to read and debug python scripts
• Familiarity with vibecoding and best practices for efficient AI prompting is a plus
• Strong technical & analytical skills
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal & leadership skills
• Creative, driven, self-motivated and collaborative
• Background in IC processing/semiconductor equipment with focus on advanced packaging is highly desirable
• Willing to travel 50% of the time

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 2 years
• Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years
• Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 7 years

Pay

Base Pay Range: $140,000.00 - $238,000.00 Annually

Benefits

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, and family care and bonding leave. Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.