KLA Senior Research Scientist 

United States, California, Milpitas 

366847687

The successful candidate will join a team of scientists and engineers to develop the next generation reticle inspection platforms. This person will

• Conduct rigorous and approximate EM (electromagnetic) simulations based on lithography and reticle inspection optical parameters

• Derive, develop, and enhance computationally efficient methods to calculate EUV and DUV mask near-field and far-field patterns

• Explore and recommend optical configurations to optimize defect detection for next-generation photon-based reticle inspection systems

• Research new mathematical methods to approximate mask 3D effects utilizing state-of-art technologies including machine-learning and deep-learning techniques

• Must be an effective communicator able to share technical information with functional groups and provide executive level reports to management and customers

The candidate is expected to be an effective communicator able to share technical information with functional groups and provide executive level reports to management and customers. A PhD degree in physics/applied physics, optics/applied optics, or electrical engineering is highly desired.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) and no work experience, or Master's Degree and 3 years of work experience, or Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of work experience.