Division MACH Product Development Applications Engineer (석/박사 신입)

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 we invest 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.

Enabling the movement toward advanced chip design, KLA's Measurement, Analytics and Control group (MACH) is looking for the best and brightest research scientists, software engineers, application development engineers and senior product technology process engineers to join our team. The MACH team's mission is to collaborate with our customers to innovate technologies and solutions that detect and control highly complex process variations—at their source—rather than compensate for them at later stages of the manufacturing process. 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. Our MACH team develops leading-edge solutions for patterning process analytics and control technologies, thereby providing customers with critical insight at the feature level, field level and cross-wafer analysis. Our teams also develop advanced modeling simulation, data analytics and process control modeling technologies. As a member of the MACH team, you’ll be joining the most sophisticated and successful process-control company in the semiconductor industry--working across functions to solve the most complex technical problems in the digital age.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

• Main focus for this position is the OVALiS and 5DA product.

• Be in charge of the projects related to new product introduction: definition, characterization, alpha testing, and beta testing. 

• Be responsible for various pre and post sales application support activities – engaging with customers in defining problem statements, resolving customer issues, generating best known method (BKM) documents and other training material, and transferring product knowledge to KLA's worldwide customer base.

• Work with a customer team at customer sites to conduct investigations, gather and analyze data, understand root causes of process patterning errors, and develop and implement process tool control solutions to reduce patterning errors and improve yield.

• Work with customers to publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals.

• Hands-on work with KLA metrology systems and software will be required.

• Process tool or applications experience with intimate familiarity in overlay, stress related error, scanner tools, lithography or etch metrology tooling and/or process development is plus.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Level Degree or Ph.D degree with 0 years related work experience

• Majors in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Physics, Material science, Optics are highly preferred.

• Fluent English communication is required.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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