KLA Research Scientist - Electron Beam Detector Development 

United States, California, Milpitas 

917880314

Qualifications

• Provide technical leadership in detector design and technologies.
• Serve as a key resource within the division to identify and investigate new concepts, develop performance improvements, methods, and sub-systems.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop or improve technologies and processes.
• Design, characterize, calibrate, and integrate detectors and the associated modules.
• Develop and communicate system requirement documents, error budgets, mechanical and electrical interfaces, signal chain details, working parameters and verification test plans.
• Participate and complete design, simulation, reviews, validation, and experiments for system characterization, debugging, and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate design, sourcing, and verification activities with electrical, mechanical, optical, and software engineering teams.
• Work with vendors to source key components and provide scope-of-work documentation.
• Some travel for vendor or customer engagement.

• PhD in Physics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related fields with 5+ years of experience; Master's with 7+ years; or Bachelor's with 8+ years.
• Knowledge of semiconductor process technology, detector and device physics, DOE, device characterization, reliability, and bench testing.
• Experience with characterization, design, and development of sensors (e.g., PIN diodes, APD, MCP, SPAD, photomultipliers).
• Experience with high bandwidth, low noise detector readout circuit design (e.g., gain and offset, amplifier selection, ADCs, and noise/signal chain characterization).
• Experience with PCB board level assembly, bring up, sub-system module assembly, and testing.
• Understanding of signal integrity and component placement for high-bandwidth, low-noise detector circuits.
• Broad understanding of simulation, theoretical concepts, and experimental execution.
• Familiarity with electronic instrumentation in the context of vacuum and scanning electron microscope system environments.
• Familiarity with device layout, ESD protection, packaging, and failure analysis.
• Proficiency in schematic capture/simulation (e.g., LTSpice, Orcad, Allegro or equivalent), scripting (e.g., Matlab/Python), and statistics (e.g., JMP).
• Self-starter with good interpersonal skills and hands-on lab experience.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with foundry communication is a plus.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 6 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years