Senior/Mechanical Engineer

Company Overview

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.

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 Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

- Characterization and design of mechanical precision components, subsystem/system to support the development of the next generation semiconductor metrology equipment.

- Own and drive advanced FEA simulations on various mechanical components and systems. Build, develop, validate, and implement simulation models and algorithms.

• Own and drive material characterization and testing to support modeling efforts.
• Build innovative methods for analyzing behavior of difficult to observe and measure phenomenon.
• Investigate key design parameters and their relationship to product performance.
• Conduct physical experiments on bench or system to validate the simulation models.

- Contribute to new design: Analyze and interpret simulation results to support design decisions and identify areas for improvement.

- Contribute to troubleshooting: Utilize simulation model on root cause and failure analysis of difficult mechanical problems.

- Area of work may cover, but not limited to, non-linear static, dynamic, vibration, thermal-mechanical, fluid, fatigue, creep and stress relaxation analysis.

- Additional responsibilities include mechanical design and prototyping, materials sourcing, develop documentation, tool maintenance and troubleshooting.

Requirements:

- Ability to comprehend sophisticated physical mechanisms using 1st principles and leverage finite element analysis early and often during the design process.

- Proficiency in using simulation software such as ANSYS, COMSOL, etc.

- Experience in 3D solid modeling and common software packages (e.g. Creo, Solidworks, Matlab, Phyton, etc)

- Experience in several of these areas is desirable:

• Material testing and modeling involving complex nonlinear materials such as carbon fiber composite, soft adhesives and elastomers.
• Vibration optimization and design for high stiffness to weight ratio, vibration and modal testing using accelerometers, impact hammer, etc.
• Fluid dynamics experimental techniques such as flow visualization, measurement of flow velocity, pressure, temperature, etc.

- Strong hands-on experience in prototype builds, excellence in problem-solving.

Desired attributes:

- Demonstrate perseverance and drive to be better in solving complex problems.

- Excellent team player and contribute to team effort to accomplish overall objectives as needed.

- Be flexible and adaptive to adjust project focus based on priority changes.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of growing in a collaborative, dynamic environment.

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

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