Product Marketing Director (Wafer | Inspection | Marketing ) (#100653)

Position: Product Marketing Director
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
This is a Strategic Marketing role in KLA-Tencor's wafer inspection division, one of the core groups of KLA-Tencor's yield control business. The pattern wafer inspection division, conceives, develops manufactures and markets pattern wafer inspection equipment for the front end semiconductor manufacturing process counting all major semiconductor manufacturers amongst its key customers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the long term strategic product roadmap for wafer inspection. It also includes defining requirements, setting priorities for the development team, selecting and working with collaboration partners. It also includes prioritizing options for growth. Strong leadership across differing functional groups and effective communication with executive management will be key elements to success in this role.

There will be significant responsibility in leading collaboration projects with leading edge customers and industry consortiums.

Preferred Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have a understanding of the semiconductor manufacturing process and the importance of yield management tools and techniques in accelerating production ramps and
maximizing profitability. The candidate may have direct product marketing experience, probably working for a semi equipment company or other high tech operation.

Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline but a higher degree (masters or PhD) is high desirable.

Expect 2 years experience in a high tech industry, preferably the semiconductor industry (Marketing or Technical role).

An MBA is considered an advantage but not essential to the position.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.
OR
Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Senior Technical Writer (Austin, TX) ( RoboHelp | Frame Maker | Linux | Microsoft Office | SDLC) (# 108952)

Position: Technical Writer

Location: Austin, TX

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

KLA- Tencor is looking for a senior technical writer with experience in Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Office. The candidate must have excellent writing skills with the ability to interview engineers and scientists and produce software product documentation with minimal additional review and editing. Requirements for the position include strong verbal and written communication skills, self-motivation and the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines. Experience in the semiconductor industry is a plus. Writing samples will be requested for on-site interviews.

Responsibilities:

1) Writing online help including product feature overviews, window descriptions, user procedures, and API documentation

2) Indexing online help topics and user manuals

3) Writing and editing release notes and installation manuals

4) Creating troubleshooting topics

Preferred Qualifications:

1) BS/BA in engineering disciplines, journalism, English literature or similar field

2) 5+ years of experience in technical writing

3) Excellent writing and strong editing skills

4) Experience with Microsoft Windows operating systems, experience with Linux a plus

5) Strong skills in Microsoft Office products

6) Experience with Adobe RoboHelp and Adobe FrameMaker

7) Knowledge of software development life cycle

8) Experience in semiconductor industry a plus

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

OR

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com / Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Supply Chain Analyst, Spares Planning (Service Supply Chain | Stocking | Inventory Optimization | SAP) (# 108940)

Position: Supply Chain Analyst, Spares Planning

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

A field planning analyst is responsible for monitoring and planning to support the growth in installed systems in a particular region. This person will work closely with account and regional personnel to track installed base growth, manage regional stocking targets to support first in region systems and new fab start-ups, maintain customer specific system configurations, track and report fill rate and stocking performance on a regular basis, and work closely with product planners to manage specific component supply issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

Skills:

Must have excellent written and oral communications skills and be comfortable presenting to internal and external customers.

Must be willing to travel.

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills are a must.

Experience with MS-Access and other database management software is essential.

Programming and foreign language skills would be a plus.

International travel required for this position.

Experience:

Experience in a high-tech supply chain environment preferably with direct customer interaction is preferred but not required.

Internship or other exposures are given extra consideration.

Education:

BS/BA Business or related field with preferred concentration in Operations or Supply Chain Management (MS/MBA preferred a plus).

Basic Qualification:

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of logistics experience.

OR

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience in logistics department from a multinational company.

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

Senior Software Engineer (C/C++/C#/.Net/MFC, GUI, Java, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108872)

Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is an industry leading supplier of wafer inspection and metrology systems. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on our measurement and inspection systems to certify and ensure the highest quality bare silicon substrates. Semiconductor device yields begin with the bare wafer, and our leading technology provides early insight into surface defect, shape, flatness and nanotopography and other advanced metrics of these 300mm substrates. In the near future our inspection and measurement systems will be able to handle next generation substrates with the diameter of 450mm. Our optical laser interferometry will support the next several generations of IC manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will join a world-class team of software engineers to conceive, design, develop, optimize, and integrate advanced algorithms and software modules used in geometric wafer inspection. She/he will be working independently to design, develop, and debug complex computer software systems, requiring in-depth evaluation of analysis of various factors, exercising judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. The successful candidate will work independently to design and develop software for current and next generations of Surface Metrology tool.

Required Qualifications:
- Good understanding of OOA/OOD/OOP and Design Patterns.
- Proficiency in C++ programming, including templates and STL
- Understanding of Windows OS internals (multi-threaded environment, memory management, ...)
- Results-oriented; positive attitude; good verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving and analytical abilities
- Ability to understand and work with existing code base.

Preferred Qualifications:
- GUI programming overall and using Java, JNI in particular
- .NET/C#, Interop with un-managed systems
- Understanding basics of COM
- Understanding of Scripting languages
- Signal/Image processing and scientific programming background
- Systems background in at least one of the areas: EE, Optics, ME
Minimum Qualifications:
Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.
OR
Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.
OR
Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Product Development Engineer ( Optics | metrology | interferometry | troubleshoot) (#108870)

Job Title: Product Development Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

Business Unit:

The Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is an industry leading supplier of wafer inspection and metrology systems. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on our measurement and inspection systems to certify and ensure the highest quality bare silicon substrates. Semiconductor device yields begin with the bare wafer, and our leading technology provides early insight into surface defect, shape, flatness and nano topography of these advanced 300mm substrates. Our optical inspection and metrology tools will support the next several generations of wafer and IC manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

Work in an engineering team of scientists, system, mechanical and software engineers to develop the next generation wafer-geometry metrology products.  Job duties include but not limit to 1) work with senior System Design Engineer to develop metrology system and subsystem specifications.

2) participate in design, develop, modify and evaluate the data acquisition and motion control electronic and pneumatic systems.

3) evaluate the current architecture and improve the critical design parameters to improve the system performance and reliability.

4) document design, testing and diagnosis procedures to transfer the design to manufacturing.

5) Support the production and field service.

Preferred Qualifications:

MS degree with 3-5 experience or PhD in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.

1.The successful candidate must have hands-on experiences related to optical, opto-mechanical systems, data acquisition, motion control hardware and firmware. 

2.Must be familiar with interferometer principles, phase-shifting technology, and image processing algorithms. 

3.Hands-on experience in large aperture optical interferometer and in surface metrology tools for characterizing nanotopography of semiconductor wafers is highly desirable.

4.Familiar with SW tools such as Matlab, JMP. Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills are required.

5.Experience in tunable lasers and fiber-optics illumination systems is a plus.

6.Good writing and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment are essential. 

Minimum Qualifications:

MS degree with 3-5 years experience or PhD in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.

Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com

Mechanical Design Engineer (Pro-E | AUTOCAD | 3D modeling) (#108881)

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

Business Unit:

The Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is an industry leading supplier of wafer inspection and metrology systems. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on our measurement and inspection systems to certify and ensure the highest quality bare silicon substrates. Semiconductor device yields begin with the bare wafer, and our leading technology provides early insight into surface defect, shape, flatness and nano topography of these advanced 300mm substrates. Our optical inspection and metrology tools will support the next several generations of wafer and IC manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join its team in Milpitas, California.  The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and sustaining KLA-Tencor state-of-the-art wafer geometry and surface nano-topography products.

The individual will be Working in an engineering team of scientists, systems, mechanical, and software engineers to develop the next generation wafer geometry metrology products as well as provide continuous improvement effort on our existing products. Define concept, design, analyze, and detail precision mechanisms, opto-mechanical subsystems, electronic packaging, and enclosure/frames. Prepare and conduct design reviews per company guidelines and product development processes. Build and troubleshoot prototypes.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Masters or Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering or closely related fields.

2.Minimum 3 years experience through research activities or coop/internships.

3.Thorough understanding of basics of several or all of the following topics: strength of materials, vibrations, dynamics, mechanisms, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. 

4.Capable of demonstrating knowledge in fundamentals of mechanical engineering (free-body diagrams, classical stress calculations, conduction, convection). 

5.Familiarity with popular 3-D modeling tools, such as SolidWorks or ProEngineer. 

6.Experience in 2d drafting programs such AutoCAD and Visio. 

7.Familiar with several or all of the following mechanical manufacturing processes including machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding fabrication and molding/castings. 

8.Strong mechanical prototyping and tinkering/debugging skills. Experience in basic electrical engineering and cabling documentation.

Familiar with finite-element methods for stress. Good presentation and technical writing skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor OR Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8 or more years experience.

Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com

Product Marketing Manager ( FEM | Sales Management | Marketing | Product Life Cycle | Semiconductor Capital Equipment)(#108863)

Position: Product Marketing Manager
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) division is part of the Wafer Inspection Group (WIG) and consists in an organization globally located in US, Germany, India, and Singapore.

The SWIFT division has the mission to  provide cost-effective solutions for high-sampling wafer inspection applications. We effectively partner with field support teams and customers to lower overall fab costs by supplying world-leading high-throughput inspection, metrology and review systems. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes: all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection, standalone high-sampling inspection, and standalone edge inspection and metrology tools that are deployed across several advanced wafer fabs for a large number of applications.

Besides developing valuable products, the SWIFT division provides support to the customers to achieve performance entitlement through the sharing and implementation of applications BKM (Best Known Methods). The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) division is part of Wafer Inspection Group (WIG) and consists in an organization globally located in US, Germany, India, and Singapore. The SWIFT division has the mission to  provide cost-effective solutions for high-sampling wafer inspection applications. We effectively partner with field support teams and customers to lower overall fab costs by supplying world-leading high-throughput inspection, metrology and review systems. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes: all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection, standalone high-sampling inspection, and standalone edge inspection and metrology tools that are deployed across several advanced wafer fabs for a large number of applications.
Besides developing valuable products, the SWIFT division provides support to the customers to achieve performance entitlement through the sharing and implementation of applications BKM (Best Known Methods).

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining new products within the product lifecycle process including defining requirements, deciding the technology required, setting priorities for the development team, selecting and working with test partners and managing product launches. In particular this position relates to strong leadership across differing functional groups and effective communication with executive management will be key elements to success in this role.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of the semiconductor manufacturing process and the importance of inspection tools and techniques in improving process control. The candidate will likely have worked in a wafer fab environment. More recently the candidate will have direct product marketing experience or application development experience, probably working for a semi equipment company or other high tech operation.
Preferred Qualifications:
5-10 years experience in semiconductor industry, direct wafer fab experience is considered an advantage.
Direct product marketing experience in a semiconductor or related industry is required.
MBA is considered an advantage but not essential to the position.

Kindly send your resumes to sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Product Marketing Manager ( Pricing | Product life cycle | Sales Management | Marketing )(#108861)

Position: Product Marketing Manager
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Global Service Support Organization (GSS) team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Product Training, and Technical Support.  The GSS organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.

Responsibilities:

General Product Marketing Manager Responsibilities

Direct the development of company market requirements for service marketing products, including product strategy definition, requirements analysis, and pricing.  Leads new product definition and business plans with joint departments. 

Specific Responsibilities:
1. Develop the Service Product portfolio to maximize profitability after the sale of KLA-Tencor hardware products. Includes pricing, communication,  operational considerations, market validation, and strategy.
2. Initiate and develop (in partnership with hardware product division marketing) new service strategies which drive top line growth for the combined service and hardware product P&L, increase overall customer satisfaction, and improve contract penetration.
3. Act as the service division's product expert and liaison with  their product division counterpart for all service related initiatives
4. Interface with all regions to ensure the success of service products and mine for additional product opportunities
5. Work with other cross functional GSS groups to ensure consistency of communication and alignment of strategy.
6. Initiate and lead projects to improve the overall service delivery and management process
7. Work with field and service sales to design and analyze negotiation strategies for contract penetration.  Includes working directly with customers to develop the best approach.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in developing products and roadmaps (4P's of Marketing)
Experience influencing customers and executives
Experience in leading negotiations and closing sales.
Experience with product life cycle processes.

Knowledge of Semiconductor Equipment
Knowledge of KLA-Tencor customers and the Semiconductor Equipment Market

Technical and Business Analytical Capabilities

Excellent Presentation and Communication Skills.

Self Starter

Comfortable working within an environment of ambiguity.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

OR

Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.

Kindly send your resume to sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Senior Software Engineer (C/C++/C#/.Net/MFC, GUI, Java, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108872)

Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The Surfscan-ADE division of KLA-Tencor is an industry leading supplier of wafer inspection and metrology systems. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on our measurement and inspection systems to certify and ensure the highest quality bare silicon substrates. Semiconductor device yields begin with the bare wafer, and our leading technology provides early insight into surface defect, shape, flatness and nanotopography and other advanced metrics of these 300mm substrates. In the near future our inspection and measurement systems will be able to handle next generation substrates with the diameter of 450mm. Our optical laser interferometry will support the next several generations of IC manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will join a world-class team of software engineers to conceive, design, develop, optimize, and integrate advanced algorithms and software modules used in geometric wafer inspection. She/he will be working independently to design, develop, and debug complex computer software systems, requiring in-depth evaluation of analysis of various factors, exercising judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. The successful candidate will work independently to design and develop software for current and next generations of Surface Metrology tool.

Required Qualifications:
- Good understanding of OOA/OOD/OOP and Design Patterns
- Proficiency in C++ programming, including templates and STL
- Understanding of Windows OS internals (multi-threaded environment, memory management, ...)
- Results-oriented; positive attitude; good verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving and analytical abilities>
- Ability to understand and work with existing code base.

Preferred Qualifications:
- GUI programming overall and using Java, JNI in particular
- .NET/C#, Interop with un-managed systems
- Understanding basics of COM
- Understanding of Scripting languages
- Signal/Image processing and scientific programming background
- Systems background in at least one of the areas: EE, Optics, ME

Minimum Qualifications:
Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.
OR
Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.
OR
Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com