KLA System Design Engineer 

United States, California, Milpitas 

721326020

Systems engineering plays the central role in our product development and this position requires close collaboration with the larger multi-functional team through all product development phases to achieve success. The successful candidate will ensure requirements are met at the part, assembly, and system level to achieve cost, functionality, and performance targets by excelling at the following in daily work:

• Provide relevant and informative critical feedback at design reviews
• Carefully plan and perform experiments to validate prototypes
• Analyze test results by identifying key trends, interpreting meaning, and drawing useful conclusions.
• Craft concise summaries in formal reports that clearly document findings and recommended next steps.

Strong interpersonal skills both oral and written are required for this job. We are looking for candidates who have intellectual curiosity, are natural problem solvers, work well with others, possess a desire to grow and can demonstrate leadership skills.

Key job responsibilities:

• Interpret market requirements and allocate system budgets and specs to meet targeted performance.
• Develop product concepts on the bench to prove feasibility and mitigate technical risks.
• Work with multi-disciplinary functional groups to define, guide, and implement the design.
• Participate in DUV laser integration and testing. This includes building and aligning lasers, designing and building test benches for laser qualification, as well as solving issues and striving for solutions and improvements.
• Support product introduction. This includes training operations and field personnel, crafting and driving procedures and checklists, and solving technical and non-technical problems that can impede product introduction.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years
• Must have a strong background in engineering or physical science. Degree in applied optics, physics,mechanical/electricalengineering or related subject areas is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with aligning, debugging and characterizing lasers or other optical systems. Experience with DUV lasers is a plus.
• Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills in optics, opto-mechanics and motion control systems.
• Experience in driving projects through the development cycle, including concept, design, prototyping, testing/integration, troubleshooting, and risk management. Project management skills are also helpful.
• Good track record of accurate completion of projects that meet stated requirements.
• Programming experience, particularly in Python, MATLAB, JMP or LabVIEW to collect and analyze image and system data.
• Must have strong communication skills, be able to share technical information with functional groups and provide executive level reports to management and vendors.