KLA-Tencor : May 2013

Friday, May 31, 2013

Sr. Network Engineer/Architect (Routing | Switching | Networking | CCIE) (# 109292)

Position: Sr. Network Engineer/Architect

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

Seeking a talented, motivated and self-driven Senior Network Engineer to join the Global Network Services Organization in KLA Tencor. The candidate will be a SME in Cisco Routing and Switching technologies and responsible for creating strategies, policies and standards for building high performing WAN and LAN services to improve user productivity. In this role, candidate will be responsible for analyzing new technologies, leading projects, as well as influencing technology strategy around the company. The candidate will interpret business requirements into technical network solution framework, liaise with systems, unified communications and architecture teams to ensure alignment across technology portfolio.

Responsibilities:

1. Expert level SME in the areas of Cisco Routing and Switching technologies to produce technically excellent network solutions architecture in alignment with business needs

2. Technical lead to execute projects in the area of WAN and LAN

3. Assist in scoping and costing of projects

4. Work closely with SME's from Systems, Storage and Unified Communications team to maintain a high performing and robust infrastructure landscape

5. Research new technologies, products, tools and protocols to transform global network landscape to consume cloud services

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Prior working experience as Sr. Network Engineer in a global company with ~10,000 user's

2. Expert level hands on knowledge in Cisco Nexus, IOS, Routers/Switches

3. Expert level knowledge with design and administering global WAN (MPLS, DMVPN), LAN (Wired and Wireless) networks

4. Experience with test tools, traffic generators and simulation tools

5. Industry certifications such as CCIE

6. Project management skills, certifications or experience is a plus

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with at least 8 to 10 years of experience or equivalent experience working as Sr. Networking Engineer in a global company.

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

Monday, May 27, 2013

Financial Analyst ( Forecasting | Reporting | Budgeting | GAAP | SAP ) (# 109240)

Position: Financial Analyst

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Role:

The Financial Analyst is a member of the KLA-Tencor Financial Planning & Analysis organization. The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) organization provides support to executives and business leaders throughout the company. Our primary role is to manage the processes that support the company's business decisions; such as forecasting, strategic planning, board of director presentations, and management reporting.

Responsibilities:

Main duties for this particular role include the following:

- Forecasting - division spending and headcount. Bi-weekly snapshot and quarterly budget review and Involved in annual strategic planning

- Reporting- quarter-end financial close and management reporting with main focus on division expenses, headcount, assets, and internal inventory

- Budget tracking - Work closely with division Engineer, Marketing, Applications, and Sales teams on budget tracking, analysis and reporting

- Project Management – Be part of the new product introduction team and be responsible for project financial analysis

- Marketing Analysis – Be part of the marketing analysis team and be responsible for relevant financial analysis

- Other ad hoc analysis

- Support EBEAM division

Preferred Qualifications:

- The ideal candidate will have >5 years of experience in financial analysis. Experience in expenses management with a global manufacturing company is highly desired

- Good understanding of GAAP and basic FP&A concepts

- Able to work independently and proactively

- Attention to details and has the discipline to meet deadlines with high quality work

- Results driven

- Strong communication skills and team work skills. Able to discuss issues with other finance personnel as well as business partners

- Ability to adapt to changes within a fast paced working environment

- Self driven and motivated to invest time to learn best practice. Willing to continue improving existing processes

- Strong analytical skills in financial analysis and technical skills in Excel modeling, Excel PowerPoint, SAP, TM1

- Experiences that are not mandatory, but highly desired: revenue recognition, cost accounting, cost of service

Personal Attributes:

• Motivated self-starter, pro-active

• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

• Critical thinker and communicator

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

• Team player with strong attention to detail

• Creative problem-solver

• Excellent technical and analytic skills

• Roll up your sleeves attitude

• Process Oriented

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's level degree with at least 5 years of experience

Master's level degree with at least 3 years of experience

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

Thursday, May 23, 2013

System Software Engineer ( C / C++/OOD / OOA / Java / multi-threaded ) (#109525)

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

Job Description:
The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) is seeking a Systems Software Engineer in our Milpitas, California campus. You will be a key member of our highly integrated multi-disciplinary team comprised of software, optical, mechanical, robotics, electronics, control systems and image processing engineers. You will be responsible for the creation of machine control, image computer and data storage software for next generation Semiconductor Wafer Inspection machines. You will also be responsible for integrating multiple hardware and software sub-systems to solve some of the most advanced technical challenges facing the semiconductor chip industry.

The software is primarily written in Java with various components developed in C or C++ in a multi-threaded and distributed environment. The application will be distributed on multiple networked servers running various operating systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

Qualified candidates will meet the following criteria:

1) You are an expert in Object-Oriented software design principles and have applied them in practice.

2) You are an expert in an Object Oriented language including Java and / or C++.

3) You have experience developing and debugging multi-threaded/parallel processing applications.

4) You have experience developing and debugging software to control hardware including any of the following: electro-mechanical systems, opto-mechanical systems, data acquisition hardware, servo control systems, or robotics.

5) You are a highly effective communicator and have a desire to work on collaborative high performing teams.

Preference given to candidates that meet some of the following criteria:

a) You have experience developing and debugging distributed high performance computing software applications.

b) You have experience working with EDA tools and GDSII/OASIS data formats.

c) You have experience writing image processing software.

d) You have worked with large scale storage technologies.

e) You have worked in the semiconductor equipment industry.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

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

Doctorate (Academic)\Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / OOD / OOP / GDS / OASIS / Algorithm ) (#109540)

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

Job Description:
We are seeking a motivated and well-qualified individual to join a software development team at KLA-Tencor in Milpitas. This role entails the design and implementation of algorithms for manipulating the physical layout of semiconductor chips. The layout is specified in GDS and OASIS files, which contain large quantities of polygons arranged in multiple 2-dimensional layers. The algorithms must be optimized for very high performance by utilizing multiple cores and multiple physical servers.

Preferred Qualifications:

The selected Software Engineer shall have industry experience with direct hands-on design and implementation of algorithms dealing with vector polygons, particularly from the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry. The selected Software Engineer should be extremely comfortable with many existing polygon algorithms, such as those that compare two polygons for identity and near-identity, those that calculate area and other statistics of polygons, and those that differentiate between convex and concave segments of polygons, and so on, and be able to design and implement new algorithms with high performance in mind.

Required qualifications:

1) Experienced with C++ programming in the UNIX environment.

2) Experienced with Object-Oriented software analysis and design.

3) Strong knowledge of multi-threaded/parallel processing applications along with exposure to various software design patterns.

4) Requires very good communication skills, inter personnel skills and leadership skills.

5) Required to work with cross functional groups to extract requirements and map them to a software design.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

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

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

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

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / .NET / Java / OOD / OOP ) (#109639)

Position: Senior Software Engineer
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 (front side, 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:

Design, develop and test software for complex semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment. Work closely with other groups to define software requirements, design software architecture, implement software in Java, C#, C/C++, optimize software performance, troubleshoot software problems and maintain software in current products. Work with domain experts from other functional teams on understanding customer requirements and translate into usable software solutions. Participate in software quality assurance activities as required by the SWIFT/KT software development process.

Specific Skills:

1) Object-Oriented Analysis/Design/Programming.

2) Java, C++, C# (or similar programming languages)

3) Strong leadership and problem solving skills.

4) Strong written and oral communication skills.

5) Experience in Semiconductor equipment capital equipment software.

6) Experience in maintenance of large complex SW systems.

7) Willingness to learn new technologies and take on challenging problems.

8) Experience with all phases of software development cycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline with 3 to 5 years of work experience in software engineering related discipline

Experience in Machine control and Calibrations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic)

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

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

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

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / .NET / Java / OOD / OOP ) (#109639)

1) Object-Oriented Analysis/Design/Programming.

2) Java, C++, C# (or similar programming languages)

3) Strong leadership and problem solving skills.

4) Strong written and oral communication skills.

5) Experience in Semiconductor equipment capital equipment software.

6) Experience in maintenance of large complex SW systems.

7) Willingness to learn new technologies and take on challenging problems.

8) Experience with all phases of software development cycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline with 3 to 5 years of work experience in software engineering related discipline

Experience in Machine control and Calibrations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic)

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

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

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

Field Applications Engineer (Thin Film Metrology | Fab | Installation) (# 109523)

Position: Field Applications Engineer

Location: Malta, NY

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

The candidate will be responsible for supporting KLA-Tencor's Thin Film metrology products in the field, which includes projects related to new product introduction, characterization, beta testing and early evaluation tools. In addition, the candidate will manage customer demonstrations, head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer facilities, and adoption support. Also, the candidate will be responsible for generating best known method documents and other training material and transferring product knowledge to K-T's worldwide Field Applications team. Lastly, he/she will work closely with customers to develop solutions to problems, and publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals. This position provides opportunities to work closely with many organizations including engineering, sales and marketing within K-T and with customer engineers outside of KLA-Tencor and may require minimal travel to support inspection products at customer fabs.

Preferred Qualifications:

1)Candidate must have a Bachelor's or Masters in Engineering, Physics, Material Science or related fields.

2) Strong troubleshooting skills, combined with a methodical approach, and clear communication.

3) Well-organized, strong follow-up abilities, demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

4) Must also have training in semiconductor or related fields. Having a background in ICprocessing/Semiconductor equipment is a plus.

5) Must have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skill.

6) Candidate must also be self-driven, yet a strong team player to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Basic Qualifications:

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

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

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

US Operations FP&A Manager ( Forecasting | Strategic Operations Planning | Management Reporting) (# 109621)

Position: US Operations FP&A Manager

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The Team: Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis
The Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis (Global Ops FP&A) team serves as a partner organization with our manufacturing operations organization. Our role is to implement and manage financial processes that support the operational business decisions; such as forecasting, analytics, strategic operations planning, scenario analysis, inventory planning, risk assessment and management reporting. The business environment continues to evolve over time and the operations organization is continually trying to find ways to improve processes to keep pace with these changes. The Operations FP&A finance team plays a critical role in supporting these improvement efforts.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for an astute finance professional to lead our US Operations Financial Planning and Analysis efforts. This individual will be responsible for forecasting, strategic operations planning, analytics, and management reporting for the US based manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate would have an interest as well as some exposure to manufacturing operations and the metrics that help drive improvements. You will be a key contributor in analyzing financial metrics associated with our manufacturing operations, gross margin improvement initiatives, inventory management and materials cost reduction. This position will have 1-2 direct reports and access to financial analysts in regional manufacturing sites for additional support. A successful candidate will be a top performer, who has a passion to champion positive change throughout the organization, enabling high visibility for the candidate throughout the company.

Essential Functions:

Provide financial and analytical support for the US operations forecasts and results

Create new reports and models to meet the business' needs and drive decisions

Perform ad hoc financial analyses and special projects

Prepare quarter end executive reports

Support improvements of our financial planning models and systems

Monitor and report operating results against budget and forecast

Create and distribute scalable weekly, monthly and quarterly management reports.

Skill Requirements:
Team player with a positive attitude

Strong analytical skills

Strong computer skills and extensive knowledge of Excel

Fast learner with new tools and systems

Ability to think strategically and proactively

Organized, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task

Strong ability to partner and build relationships

Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize; to troubleshoot and problem solve

Must be comfortable presenting data to senior management.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with SAP/ BPC

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

FP&A experience in high tech hardware.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience or equivalent

Master's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience or equivalent.

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

Global Operations FP & A Senior Manager ( Forecasting | Strategic Operations Planning | Management Reporting) (# 109620)

Position: Global Operations FP & A Senior Manager

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Team: Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis

The Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis (Global Ops FP&A) team serves as a partner organization with our manufacturing operations organization. Our role is to implement and manage financial processes that support the operational business decisions; such as forecasting, analytics, strategic operations planning, scenario analysis, inventory planning, risk assessment and management reporting. The business environment continues to evolve over time and the operations organization is continually trying to find ways to improve processes to keep pace with these changes. The Operations FP&A finance team plays a critical role in supporting these improvement efforts.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for an astute finance professional to lead our Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis team who will be responsible for forecasting, strategic operations planning, analytics, and management reporting. The ideal candidate would have an interest as well as some exposure to manufacturing operations and the metrics that help drive improvements. You will have management oversight and will also be a key contributor in analyzing financial metrics associated with our manufacturing operations, gross margin improvement initiatives, inventory management and materials cost reduction, and operations headcount planning. Someone comfortable employing statistical rigor to further enhance the data analysis is an added plus. You will also be instrumental in regional manufacturing site benchmarking and sharing of best practices globally across sites. This position will have 2-3 direct reports and access to financial analysts in regional manufacturing sites for additional support. A successful candidate will be a top performer, who has a passion to champion positive change throughout the organization, enabling high visibility for the candidate throughout the company.

Essential Functions:
Become a true business partner requested by others in the company as a technical expert to participate as a consultative team member on broad or complex business issues, integrating operational and financial expertise/experience

Influence priorities for the operations team to ensure alignment with the Company’s financial and strategic goals

Lead gross margin analytics and COGS and inventory management improvement efforts

Identify and address largest process improvement opportunities across all manufacturing sites globally

Drive improvements in our financial planning models, systems and reports.

Skill Requirements:

Candidate should possess a demonstrated track record of strong analytical skills with deep technical expertise in financial modeling including ROI, P&L, balance sheet and cash flow based techniques using Excel as well as a basic understanding of operational modeling

Superior ability to integrate operational issues and financial concepts and data into compelling plans and actions and inspire others to successfully achieve them

Excellent communication skills, particularly the ability to distill large amounts of data into coherent summary written and oral presentations with appropriate context including priority and risk

Ability to work both independently and as a member of a cross-functional team

Demonstrated ability to establish and quickly build relationships throughout an organization, including at remote locations

Strong leadership and influencing skills with a sense of urgency and results orientation a must

Ability to work, design and execute both strategically and operationally while being pragmatic

A creative and flexible approach to changing business requirements and not afraid to roll-up one’s sleeves and dive in to get the job done.

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA Preferred

Experience with SAP/ BPC

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Operation Finance and FP&A background in the high tech hardware area

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience or equivalent

Master's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience or equivalent

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

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Senior Algorithm Engineer ( C++/OOD/ Algorithms / Mathematics / Computational Electromagnetics ) (#109416)

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

Job Description:
The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Responsibilities:

Demonstrate ability in scientific programming; strong background in applied mathematics, computational electromagnetics (field theory), and knowledge of optical modeling especially as applied to scatterometry and thin film metrology. Knowledge of reflectometry and spectroscopic ellipsometry a plus.

Works on complex problems that impact the design success of current products or addresses broad design issues of future products or technologies. Tasks include: define future product development strategy, develop a problem statement, research into particular solutions, develop code, and test prototypes; design, code, and test/integrate into tool product software. The candidate will be responsible for developing and improving algorithms, measurement capabilities, system optical models, calibrations development, and analysis tools for optical metrology applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

PhD in Computational Physics highly desired with 9 yrs industrial experience.

Proficiency in computational methods, C++, and object oriented design.

Minimum Qualifications:

PhD in Physics with 9 yrs industrial experience.

Proficiency in C++, and object oriented design.

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

Friday, May 17, 2013

Software Configuration Management and Install Engineer ( Install Shield/ RTC Jazz/ Clear Case) (#109456)

Position: Software Configuration Management and Install Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Responsibilities:

This position is for a Software Configuration Management (SCM) and Software Installation engineer. Candidate will be responsible for maintaining the software configuration management for a software development project with thirty software engineers. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for the development and maintenance of software installers for both workstation and cluster computer environments. The position is within an algorithm and modeling software group for Optical Critical Dimension (OCD) metrology. OCD is used to measure key transistor dimensions during the semiconductor device fabrication processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

Basic requirements:

1.Must have experience with developing and maintaining automated software build processes, preferably using Microsoft development tools.

2.Experience with Rational Team Concert is highly desired.

3.Experience with Install Shield is required.

4.Experience with VBS / PowerShell / .bat/.cmd is required.

5.Experience with development of auxiliary installation utilities in .NET (C#, VB), C++ (console, COM).

6.Proficient (close to a level of System Administrator) in Windows OS (XP/7/Server2003/2008): ability to perform basic administrative tasks / troubleshoot issues related to files system, registry, processes, services, user accounts, permissions, installer, applications: MS SQL, IIS.

7.Strong communication skills (written and verbal).

Desired:

1.Experience with CruiseContol.Net automated build software

2.Experience with project planning and task estimation

3.Knowledge of semiconductor fabrication and associated metrology.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic)

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

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

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

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Electrical Design Engineer (semiconductor | Vacuum technology | High voltage Power supply AND ECO AND BOM AND NPI AND test fixtures) (#109527)

Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

KLA-Tencor is looking for an Electrical Engineer to support the spares supply chain for our fleet of over 200 fielded products. Responsibilities will include providing engineering solutions for supply chain issues with quality, reliability, obsolescence, upgrades, test fixtures, and tooling; also, developing, implementing and maintaining designs, specifications, documentation, methods, operation sequence and processes in the manufacture or fabrication of parts, components, sub assemblies and final assemblies.

Preferred Qualifications:

Results oriented and driven to excel. Enjoys learning, troubleshooting, working with groups of people, and explaining complex things as simply as possible. Strong analytical and data analysis skills. Excellent oral and written communication skills are required. Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams and to take a leadership role when needed. Quick grasp of challenging, complex technical information. Able to multi-task and work effectively in a dynamic and constantly changing environment; ability to work non-standard working hours including weekends and holidays.

Experience with the followings is a plus:

High Voltage power supply

Vacuum technology

Turbo Pumps

Computers, PC’s, SBC’s

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 9 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 7 years of experience.

Doctorate (Academic) in Electrical Engineering with at least 5 years of experience.

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

Senior Software QA Engineer ( C++/ C# / .NET / RTC / SQC ) (#109461)

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

Job Description:
The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Responsibilities:

This position is a senior level SQC position with a focus on developing tests for new software features. The position is within an algorithm and modeling software group for Optical Critical Dimension (OCD) metrology. OCD is used to measure key transistor dimensions during the semiconductor device fabrication processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

Basic requirements

1) >5 years hands-on experience with software development and testing processes. Must be familiar with CMM.

2) Experience with testing applications written on .NET and must be able to develop/update test scripts in C#, VB, VBS, AutoIt, .bat/.cmd.

3) Strong communication skills (written and verbal).

4) Ability to design, develop and execute effective acceptance, comprehensive, performance, usability tests.

5) Ability to design effective tests without requirements specification.

6) Ability to make clear and concise description of found issues illustrated by screenshots.

7) Experience of working with Rational Team Concert defect tracking system.

8) Proficient in Windows OS (XP/7/Server2003/2008): ability to perform basic administrative tasks / troubleshoot issues related to files system, registry, processes, services, user accounts, permissions, installer, applications: MS SQL, IIS.

Desired:

1.Experience with project planning and task estimation.

2.Knowledge of semiconductor fabrication and associated metrology.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

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

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

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

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / OOD / .Net / Numerical algorithms ) (#109469)

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

Job Description:
Responsibilities:

The FaST division is hiring senior software engineers to work on the cutting edge next-generation 3D metrology modeling and computation product. The best candidates will have strong C#/C++ programming skills, thorough knowledge of algorithm engineering, a solid foundation in semiconductor processing equipment systems software with an emphasis on computational fundamentals. Distributed programming of complex analysis algorithms using large data sets is our primary focus. Utilize your math and engineering skills to improve algorithm efficiency and result precision/accuracy. Be part of our much larger team of software and systems experts specializing in real-time control of best-in-class semiconductor equipment that keeps our clients at the forefront of the technology curve. This project is the front line R&D work destined to support our customer’s prototype development plans. Excellent communication skills, an eye for quality, and a dedication to rigorous engineering practices are a must. Full product scope is helpful – UI coding and system level coding experience ensures you’re ready for both internal and external customer collaboration. Supporting our customer’s R&D efforts, designing with our strong engineering team and implementing the best-in-breed measurement systems keeps our product as the tool-of-choice for our customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

1) BS, MS or PhD preferred, in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.

2) 8+ years’ experience in software design and architecture using .NET/C# and C++.

3) Experience building products from inception to final production release. Ability to support field escalations and internal customer needs during product introduction phases.

4) Demonstrated experience modeling and understanding complex multi-discipline physics problems that result from the coupling of different physical phenomena.

5) Ability to determine the source of deviations between models and experiments and to define experiments to validate models.

6) Collaborate with scientists and system level technical staff to identify and manage system and software requirements.

7) Write functional and technical documentation/presentations.

8) Distributed parallel programming and strong C++/C# multi-threading experience would be a big plus.

9) Matlab experience, math library interfacing using C++/C#, and 3D visualization development would be advantageous.

10) Numerical algorithms and 3D geometry familiarity would be very nice to have.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience.

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

Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / Multithreading / .Net /3D visualization ) (#109496)

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

Job Description:
The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Responsibilities:

1) BS, MS or PhD preferred, in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.

2) 8+ years’ experience in software design and architecture using .NET/C# and C++.

3) Experience building products from inception to final production release. Ability to support field escalations and internal customer needs during product introduction phases.

4) Demonstrated experience modeling and understanding complex multi-discipline physics problems that result from the coupling of different physical phenomena.

5) Ability to determine the source of deviations between models and experiments and to define experiments to validate models.

6) Collaborate with scientists and system level technical staff to identify and manage system and software requirements.

7) Write functional and technical documentation/presentations

8) Distributed parallel programming and strong C++/C# multi-threading experience would be a big plus.

9) Matlab experience, math library interfacing using C++/C#, and 3D visualization development would be advantageous.

10) Numerical algorithms and 3D geometry familiarity would be very nice to have.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

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

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

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

Principle Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / 2D and 3D modeling / Computational Geometry ) (#109450)

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

Job Description:
The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Responsibilities:
This position is for a principle software engineer / architect who will work on the cutting edge next-generation 3D metrology modeling and computation product. The best candidates will have strong C#/C++ programming skills, thorough knowledge of algorithm engineering, a solid foundation in semiconductor processing equipment systems software with an emphasis on computational fundamentals. The successful candidate for this position will have the ability to define and lead software development projects. The candidate will be expected to interface with both internal and external customers to gather software requirements and specifications. Distributed programming of complex analysis algorithms using large data sets is an area of focus. Utilize your math and engineering skills to improve algorithm efficiency and result precision/accuracy. Excellent communication skills, an eye for quality, and a dedication to rigorous engineering practices are a must.

Preferred Qualifications:

1) MS or Ph.D in Computer Science or Engineering

2) Expert knowledge of C++, .Net, C#, Matlab is a plus.

3) 12+ years of experience with Microsoft Technologies.

4) Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

5) Strong analytical skills.

6) Significant hand-on experience with advanced debugging skills

7) Self starter and problem solver.

8) Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.

9) Experience with 2D and 3D modeling.

10) User Interface Design with a focus on usability and user experience.

11) Experience with OpenGL

12) Experience with Computational Geometry.

13) Experience developing software for the semiconductor industry or scientific computing applications.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience.

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 7 years of experience.

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

Friday, May 10, 2013

Strategic Planning Analyst ( Inventory Management | Logistics | Procurement | Marketing | Sales) (# 109411)

Position: Strategic Planning Analyst

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:

This position supports the Strategic Planning Manager in data analysis and modeling activities for KLA-Tencor’s service supply chain strategy

• Support strategy activities related to spares planning and inventory management.

• Perform planning system maintenance activities: monthly updates, data refresh, troubleshooting.

• Oversee all modeling and parameter testing as well as investigating new ways to optimize the forecasting process

• Model changes to strategic business rules and present results to management.

• Collaborate with manufacturing, product support, logistics, procurement, marketing, sales, etc in problem framing and cost/benefit modeling of alternatives.

• Work closely with product line planners and regional analysts, understanding fill rate performance issues and making appropriate changes in planning system.

• Communicate findings to senior management and partner with stakeholders to drive adoption of recommendations, policies or tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• In-depth business process knowledge of high-tech capital equipment industry is a plus

• Experience with spares planning software

• Experience with MCA Solutions software (SPO and Tactics)

• SAP experienced user

• Experience in the role of business process analyst is a plus

Basic Qualifications:

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

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

- B.S. Computer Science, Statistics, Industrial engineering or related technical field.

- 4 years of relevant work experience, applying analytics to solve business problems in analytic/strategic consulting or high tech operations roles

- High proficiency in MS Access

- Good analytical and problem solving skills

- Should have excellent oral and written communication

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

Field Applications Engineer (Thin Film | Fab | installation) (# 109207)

Position: Field Applications Engineer

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Customer Group (CG) team is our field based, customer facing organization consisting of Sales, Marketing, Applications, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities & IT. They partner closely with our customers to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, services, software and expertise, to help them manage yield throughout their fabrication process—from research and development to final volume production. Responsibilities of this group include maintaining strategic client relationships, identifying and closing sales opportunities, ensuring our products meet performance capabilities & expectations, providing critical solutions for improved yield performance, and collecting requirements for future products by understanding customer processes and technology trends. Partnering with our service organization and factory divisions, this diverse and dynamic team helps ensure alignment between customer needs and corporate offering to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA-Tencor products in customer fabrication facilities. Make presentations on all aspects of products. Assist sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications. Implement detailed customer installation plans. Provide follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications.

Field Applications Engineer: Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires and in depth evaluation of various factors. Exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results. Work leadership may be provided by assigning work and resolving problems. Require a MS or PhD degree or equivalent experience and a strong technical knowledge of company products.

Preferred Qualifications:

Physics, Chemical or Electrical Engineering MS Degree, PhD Preferred.

Candidate should preferably have experience in the semiconductor fabrication industry, or equivalent experience and education. Background in SEM or TEM is an asset.

Candidates must be well organized and professional exhibiting fast learning skills, strong project management skills, strong analytical problem solving skills and the ability to absorb and transfer knowledge to others.

Basic Qualifications:

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

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

PhD is preferred.

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