Product development Engineer (opto-mechanics | motion control | Laser | Illumination systems | plasma light) (#109574)

Job Title: Product Development Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

The selected Product Development Engineer will work within the Wafer Inspection Division on Brightfield products. The Product Development Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and implementing high brightness plasma light sources to support KLA-Tencor's roadmap in optical wafer inspection.

This role will involve requirements analysis, systems design and testing of complex inspection systems using expertise from multiple technical disciplines. The selected candidate will:

Work with marketing and engineering to define system architecture and develop requirement specifications and test plans - 30%

Work with functional groups to define and review designs. Create and execute test plans and perform analysis to validate system performance. Will trouble shoot system and subsystem issues and work with various subsystem teams to find and implement solutions - 40%

Support internal and external customers in implementing processes to build and use the tool effectively and optimize tool performance. Lead troubleshooting efforts in manufacturing and in the field. - 30%

Occasional travel will be required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Must have a strong background in engineering or the physical sciences and demonstrated analysis and problem solving skills.

Must have a good understanding of Optical, Electromechanical and Software systems and their interactions in the context of complex industrial equipment.

Strong diagnostic and trouble shooting skills in optics, opto-mechanics, and motion control systems

Experience with lasers and illumination systems, CCD/CMOS cameras is a plus.

Should be familiar with scientific and statistical analysis tools and SW tools such as Matlab, JMP, Zemax, and LabView.

Experience in developing a subsystem in one or more of the above areas are highly desirable.

Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes and image analysis is desirable.

Should have the ability to influence functional groups to drive system level decisions.

Agility and ability to thrive on a fast paced program and respond quickly to field and internal escalations.

Ability to define objectives clearly, create and track schedules effectively, and drive the team to a solution.

Must be an effective communicator able to share technical information with functional groups and provide executive level reports to management and customers.

May be required to lead small cross functional teams.

PhD in applied optics, mechanical/electrical engineering, physics or related disciplines desired

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

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

OR

Doctorate (Academic).

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

System design Engineer ( electron beam or ion beam | column and source design | integration and characterization) (# 109634)

Job Title: System design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

1. electron beam system development for semiconductor wafer review and inspection

2. electron optical column and electron source design, integration and characterization

3. system calibration feature development and trouble shooting

4. system level integration and characterization

5. Data analysis

6. team work with multiple functional groups and some leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Doctorate (Academic) in physics, electrical engineering and material science with at least 5 years of experience.

2. Strong hand-on experience and modeling skill on electron beam or ion beam technology

3. Good knowledge and experience on vacuum and high voltage

4. Good knowledge and understanding on physics of charge particle related

5. Strong data analysis skill and capability of drawing clear conclusion from complicated data set

6. Experience on in-depth SEM image analysis is big plus

7. Experience on design, integration of high-sensitivity semiconductor testing equipment is big plus

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Doctorate (Academic) in physics, electrical engineering and material science with at least 2 years of experience.

2. Basic knowledge of electron beam or ion beam or other charged particles

3. Some experience on designing and characterizing relatively sophisticated system

4. Good data analysis skill

5. Good communication skill

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

Sr System design Engineer ( Optics| metrology | critical dimension | Thinfilm| throughput MAM | modeling and simulations) (#109110)

Job Title: Sr system design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:          

Responsibilities:

We are looking for a senior systems engineer to support the development of the next generation film and CD measurement technology and hardware.  Following the KLA-Tencor Product Lifecycle methods, the candidate will be required to participate in all phases of the design, design reviews and requirements definition for systems and subsystems.  System requirements documents, feature requirements for software, analyzing system performance and modeling expected performance are key responsibilities for this position.  Other responsibilities for this position include interfacing with multi-disciplinary teams in the US and overseas, analyzing system level impacts, modeling and simulations of measurement hardware, and evaluating throughput MAM and optics efficiencies.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidate should have doctoral degree in physics/applied sciences/ materials sciences with at least 5-10 years of experience.  Experience in the semiconductor industry and in other film/CD measurements would be a plus.  Candidates should have excellent written and oral communication skills.  Candidates should be familiar with analytical tools such as Matlab, Mathematica.  Prior knowledge of Zemax or other optical design programs would be considered a plus.  Prior experience in polarization measuring instruments, reflectometers, ellipsometers, interferometers etc would be considered a definite plus.

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.

OR

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

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

Financial Analyst ( FP&A | GAAP | Cost Accounting | SAP) (# 109777)

Position: Financial Analyst

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

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:

1) Forecasting and planning – division spending and headcount; Responsible for bi-weekly snapshot and quarterly budget review and involved in annual strategic planning

2) Budget tracking - work closely with division Engineer, Marketing, Applications, and Sales teams on budget tracking, analysis and reporting; approve purchase requisitions according to division spend budget

3) Accounting – own the division’s engineering, demo, and other internal inventory, handle month-end and quarter-end financial close and balance sheet reconciliation

4) Reporting – monthly and quarterly management reporting with main focus on division expenses, headcount change, open requisition status, assets, and internal inventory

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

6) Other ad hoc analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have 3-4 years of experience in financial analysis. Experience in expenses management with a global manufacturing company is highly desired

• Good understanding of GAAP and Financial Planning & Analysis concepts

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

• 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

• Results driven

• Able to work independently and proactively

• 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

• Experiences that are not mandatory, but highly desired: cost accounting & cost of service

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

Software Engineer ( Java, OOD, OOA, Object-Oriented Analysis, SWING, Design Pattern ) (#109660)

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

Job Description:
Responsibilities:

1) Interacts with other functional teams (electronics, mechanical, and system) to gather and confirm requirements.

2) Architect and Design software system following best practices in object-oriented and component driven methodology.

3) Implement Software design.

4) Validate software implementation.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

1) KT Cougar Architecture Experience.

2) Scientific programming experience.

3) Experience with large integrated HW/SW systems and semiconductor equipment applications.

4) Proficiency in Java programming, Windows multi-threaded environment.

5) Proficiency in OOD/OOP and Design Patterns.

6) Practitioner of Software development process and best practices.

7) Track record of delivering high quality, innovative products on schedule.

8) Results-oriented; good verbal and written communication skills.

9) Strong problem solving and analytical abilities.

10) Good customer orientation.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

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

OR

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

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

 

Technical Support Engineer (E- Beam | SEM | Trouble Shooting | Sensors) (# 109568)

Position: Technical Support Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

Responsible for providing technical support to field engineers, technicians, and product support who are diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing and debugging complex electro/mechanical equipment, computer systems and/or complex software. Responds to situations where first-line product support has failed to isolate or fix problems in malfunctioning equipment or software. Reports design, reliability and maintenance problems or bugs to design engineering/software engineering. May be involved in customer installation and training. Provides support to customer/users where the product is highly technical or sophisticated in nature. Technical Support Engineer 3: Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires a evaluation of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

           

Preferred Qualifications:

Education or experience in integrated circuit manufacturing.

Deeper understanding of each of the previous areas, plus:

- Expertise in testing techniques.

- Previous experience in evaluating and testing new application technologies.

- Demonstrated ability to foresee problems and propose solutions prior to releasing any new application.

- Ability to set priorities and delegate tasks during critical situations where multiple issues must be handled simultaneously.

- Good presentation skills.

- Demonstrated skills in conceptualizing creative technical solutions and documenting them.

Minimum Qualifications:

3 years of experience supporting high tech equipment with an Associate degree or 6 years Military experience in electronics or related fields.

- Understands and relates standard engineering principles, concepts and techniques to immediate work assignments.

- Proficient in the English language.

- Proficient in computer applications for data presentation and analysis.

- Ability to effectively convey ideas through oral and written communications.

- Ability to multitask in a constantly changing work environment.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3-5 years of experience

OR

Master's Level Degree with at least 2-4 years of experience

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

Senior Software QA Engineer ( C++/ C# / SQC / Automated & Manual Testing ) (#109616)

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

Job Description:
Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) is the world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical inspection tools for inline monitoring of process defects in advanced semiconductor factories. WIN is seeking a Senior Software QA Engineer in our Milpitas, California campus to enhance our software team.

Responsibilities:

The selected Software QA Engineer will join a world-class software team to plan, manage, execute, and report results for all testing activities for the team. He/She will be an effective team player and leader that will be responsible for the quality of all released products. He/She will be a strong process advocate with an acute attention to detail and desire to continually improve the testing process. He/She must be able to partner with other teams to resolve quality issues quickly.

 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1) Develop test strategies and test plans for complex software, hardware systems.

2) Developing detailed test cases covering all forms of testing (functional/requirements based, regression, performance, reliability)

3) Executing manual and automated test cases.

4) Represent SQC team in product life cycle and key program meetings.

5) Work with global team members (India) on a daily basis.

6) Factory Automation testing/ scripts.

7) Test case automation (automating manual test steps)

Preferred Qualifications:

1) Experience with QTP/ CodedUI / Rational Products / Python and/or other test packages.

2) Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project 2003/ 2010

3) Experience with bug tracking software such as Rational Team Concert.

4) Experience setting up and managing test environment and virtual machines.

5) Passion for Technology and Software Quality.

6) Results-oriented, with emphasis on attention to detail.

7) Experience with large integrated HW/SW systems and semiconductor equipment applications.

8) Should be willing to travel to customer sites/ global offices (5%-10% time)

9) BS with 8+ yrs of experience or MS with 6+ yrs of experience in CS/CE/EE or equivalent field.

10) Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

11) Strong problem solving and analytical abilities.

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

 

Electrical design engineer (Stepper and servo motor | motion control | subsystems) (#109651)

Job Title: Electrical design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be a member of a team developing the control electronics subsystem of an advanced wafer inspection system. The subsystem includes multi-axis controllers driving a complex mix of sensors and actuators of various types.  The candidate will be responsible for all design related aspects of the subsystem including cable and PCB design, prototype test and debug, subsystem integration, test and ECO release.  In this role they will work closely with mechanical, manufacturing and reliability engineers.

Preferred Qualifications:

The successful candidate will be experienced in the following areas:

1.Stepper and servo motor control design

2.Galil (or similar) controller programming

3.Cable design

4.PCB Design using OrCAD schematic capture

5.Prototype PCB test and test fixture set up

6.Electrical/Mechanical subsystem integration, test and troubleshooting

7.ECO release and documentation

8.Writing manufacturing/service documentation and provide training

The successful candidate must also have the following:

1.Strong written and verbal communications skills

2.Self-motivation with the ability to work independently and with a team

3.The ability to multi-task

4.A desire to expand his/her knowledge through self-study and training

5.Strong troubleshooting skills

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

Technical Writer (Adobe RoboHelp | FrameMaker) (# 109661)

Position: Technical Writer

Location: Austin, TX

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

We are 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 in advance of on-site interviews. If past work examples cannot be provided due confidentiality issues, please supply examples for any everyday procedure. Examples of both online help and user manuals would be appreciated.

Responsibilities:

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

- Indexing online help topics and user manuals

- Writing and editing release notes and installation manuals

- Creating troubleshooting topics

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• 5+ years of experience in technical writing

• Excellent writing and strong editing skills

• Experience with Microsoft Windows operating systems

• Strong skills in Microsoft Office products

• Experience with Adobe RoboHelp and Adobe FrameMaker

• Knowledge of software development life cycle

• Experience in semiconductor industry a plus

Basic Qualifications:

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

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

Research Scientist (Algorithm Engineer) ( C++/Image Processing / Algorithm / Computational Geometry ) (#109590)

Position: Research Scientist (Algorithm Engineer)
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) is the world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical inspection tools for inline monitoring of process defects in advanced semiconductor factories. The High-Performance Computing and Algorithms (HPCA) group within WIN is seeking a Research Scientist to join our team in Milpitas California.

Responsibilities:

The High-Performance Computing and Algorithms (HPCA) group within WIN is responsible for developing high performance computing systems and advanced real-time image processing algorithms that support multiple wafer inspection product lines within KLA-Tencor's product portfolio.

As a Research Scientist on the team you will have responsibilities for, but not limited to:

1) Analyze the signal and noise characteristics of current and emerging IC yield limiting defects, formulating algorithmic solutions, and validate them via simulation and prototyping.

2) Define the algorithm performance requirements/specifications and apply it to the algorithm design and implementation.

3) Work closely with other groups to define software requirements, design software architecture, program software in C/C++, optimize software performance, troubleshoot software problems, and maintain software in current products.

4) Act as the algorithm representative during system level hardware/software integration and testing.

5) Provide algorithm technical support during product demo and beta testing.

6) Work with domain experts from other functional teams on special customer engagement projects.

7) Participate in software quality assurance activities required by the HPCA software development process.

Preferred Qualifications:

1) MS/PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline

2) Very strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

3) Experience in image processing, computer vision or pattern recognition

4) Willingness to learn new technologies and take on challenging problems

5) Solid theoretical background in signal/image processing, computer vision, computational geometry and pattern recognition.

6) Experience in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and large data structure is preferred.

7) 5+ years of research and/or software development experience on Unix/Linux platform and/or Windows platform.

8) Experience with all phases of software development cycle and proficiency in C/C++, solid MATLAB programming skills.

9) Solid mathematical skills.

10) Strong written and oral communication skills.

11) Demonstrated ability to work as a team player.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

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

OR

Doctorate (Academic).

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

Principal research scientist (Plasma | hydrodynamic | Fluid Dynamics | multi-physics) (#109284)

Job Title: Principal research scientist

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

The Research Scientist will be responsible for developing, implementing and employing models of high brightness plasma light sources to provide valuable guidance for KLA-Tencor's roadmap in optical wafer inspection.  The Research Scientist will work within the technology and engineering teams to develop promising new concepts, methods and subsystems that will be used to meet these challenges.  Collaborating with other scientists and engineers, the Scientist will develop, validate and employ models of the thermal, hydrodynamic and plasma characteristics of the light sources.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Demonstrated experience modeling and understanding complex multi-physics problems that result from coupling of different physical phenomena.

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

3.strong background in FEA modeling with ANSYS or COMSOL

4.Experience modeling and correctly predicting complex hydrodynamic and radiation phenomena.

5.Experience with optical ray tracing, plasma physics and light/matter interaction.

6.Familiarity with adding custom algorithms to standard software packages.

7.Excellent communication skills and the ability to work on multiple projects with different time horizons and different teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

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

OR

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

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

Sr electrical design Engineer ( high speed | low noise | mixed signal | RF PCB board design)(#109155)

Job Title: Sr electrical design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

The selected engineer will be responsible for designing electrical sub-system in our high end wafer inspection machine. His/her responsibilities are high speed RF PCB design which covers low noise and low distortion RF signal generator (frequency<1GHz), RF signal condition, active/passive filter design. He/she is also responsible for defining subsystem specification, requirements, technical analysis/modeling, simulation, completing design from schematic, layout, validations and ensuring manufacturability. He/she will work with other engineering team to complete system integration and sub-system performance test.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Must be experienced in high speed mixed signal PCB design, modeling and functional simulation.

2.Knowledge of RF design, high speed low noise circuit is highly desired.

3.Must be experienced in generating board requirements based on system design specifications.

4.Must have very strong skills with design tools (such as OrCAD, PSpice and etc).

5.Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills are required.

6.Must have the ability to multitask, work independently and be a good team player.

7.Strong written and verbal communications skills are required.

8.Prefer - Minimum MS EE with 8 years relevant experience or PhD EE with 5 years relevant experience

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.

OR

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

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

Sr product development Engineer (Multiple positions) (optics | metrology | laser | subsystems |integration |testing) (#109457)

Job Title: Sr product development Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

Design, write and execute detailed test and characterization plans. Create performance models of complex electromechanical, optical and opto-mechanical systems. Create top-level system error budgets by integrating and performing trade-off analysis of contributions from various sub-systems. Create and execute sub-system as well as top-level system integration plans. Hold requirements reviews, attend design reviews and develop associated engineering documentation. Provide engineering support for escalated manufacturing and field issues. Interact and work with other engineering groups, marketing, field support and manufacturing groups in the course of the above duties.

Responsible for engineering activities on next generation of existing product. These activities will include the development and release of new options, features or cost reduction improvements that provide more value to our customers (external or internal). Integral to this role is an understanding of the customers use-case and successfully working in conjunction with other groups to define the requirements. Must have the ability to follow through and release / support these product enhancements effectively. Trains service and manufacturing employees. May be required to travel to customer sites to efficiently and effectively resolve technical issues (Fly and Fix) during and after product release, as well as to support existing systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

PHD Degree preferred.

Previous experience in systems engineering for semiconductor industry is preferred. Experience in the area of mechanical, optical, electrical or systems design, overseeing subsystem project, troubleshooting of systems issues, creating and executing test plans is highly desirable. Matlab proficiency is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

A BS degree in mechanical, optical, electrical or systems engineering or a relevant discipline is required, with 3 yrs experience.

MS or PhD degree preferred.

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

Sr systems design Engineer ( Life science OR biotechnology OR pharmaceuticals |optics | metrology | subsystem | integration|error budget) (#109593)

Job Title: Sr systems design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

1.Design and release new measurement standards products for metrology and inspection products at the forefront of the semiconductor and adjacent industries.

2.Apply and grow your development leadership skills as part of a small design team in a fast-growing division, focusing on quick product cycles. Construct product development plans, schedules, and budgets and review them with division management.

3.Build your organizational experience by driving collaborative projects that can span multiple divisions or companies. Must be able to communicate clearly and regularly with collaboration members.

4.Develop new technical capabilities as required to design and support new products.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Prefer semiconductor or pharmaceutical metrology/inspection tool development experience, JMP statistical analysis software experience, LabView development or troubleshooting experience, project management experience

2.Analog electronics troubleshooting or design a plus

3.Strong capabilities in statistical analysis, design of experiments, and error budgeting and ability to perform own technical work independently in the lab/cleanroom

3.Demonstrated ability to organize and to drive technical analyses and reviews

4.Experience in designing or troubleshooting calibrations

5.Demonstrated experience in applying product development processes and in successfully managing development projects

Minimum Qualifications:

BS degree plus 10 years

OR

Master's degree plus 5 years

OR

Ph.D. degree plus 2 years of relevant experience and accomplishments

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

Optical Engineer (Multiple Positions) ( precision optics | metrology | DUV NIR | Code V | Zemax) (#109331)

Job Title: Optical Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

Within this role, the selected Optical Engineer will:

Develop experiments to investigate new optical design concepts and optical components.

Design optical sub-systems and alignment procedures.

Interact with vendors to qualify optical assemblies.

Help solving critical production issues related to optical systems.

Provide optical analysis support to help solving optical system issues and improve overall equipment performance

Provide subsystem optics leadership

Effectively communicate and translate to practice optical design and engineering concepts with team members and management.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Strong fundamental optical engineering skills with a track record of applying those skills to create solid manufacturable and serviceable systems. The skill set should include competency of Code V and/or Zemax; Optical System Design; Lens Design; Tolerance Analysis of Complex Optical Systems.

2.optical subsystem and vendor management experience

3.Preference would be given to a candidate with experience in one or more of the following areas:

DUV, EUV, X-ray systems

4.Optical analysis, including ghost, tolerance, illumination and stray light analysis

5.Precision optical metrology, CGH design, familiarity with optical alignment equipment, precision optics handling

6.proficiency in optical alignment, optical bench testing, hardware handling, laboratory electronic equipment, data acquisition and handling, interface electronics, Matlab, Labview and C++ programming

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

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

OR

Doctorate (Academic)

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

Mechanical Design Engineer (Multiple Positions- Mid to senior)( precision mechanics | opto-mechanical | machine tool | optics alignment| system integration)(#109365)

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for the development of major subassemblies of our next generation DUV wafer inspection tools, and the complete design process, including requirements specification, feasibility studies, analysis and FEA modeling, conceptual and detailed design using ProE, detail drawings, procurement of prototype parts, prototype testing, system integration, and handoff to manufacturing.

Preference will be given to a self-motivated individual capable of planning and driving development projects and ability to lead subsystem teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals, including design principles, machine elements, materials, fabrication methods.

2.Extensive experience with precision mechanics, mechanisms and preferably opto-mechanical systems.

3.Strong analytical problem solving skills, including thermal and structural, and involving both first order calculations as well as FEA methods.

4.Skilled at designing, building and hands-on testing of complex devices.

5.Proficient with solid CAD, preferably ProEngineer.

6.Experience in several of these areas is desirable: optics, optics alignment, design of semiconductor equipment or similar instruments, vacuum systems, machine tools, motion controls, electronics, lasers, CFD, data acquisition systems such as LabView, measurement instrumentation.

7.Should have analytical skills to consider impact of designs at a system level, and communication skills to interact with other engineering groups.

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.

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

Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / .Net / UI / OOD / OOP /Java ) (#109271)

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

Job Description:
The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) is the world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical inspection tools for inline monitoring of process defects in advanced semiconductor factories.

Responsibilities:

The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) is seeking a Software Engineer in our Milpitas, California campus. As 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 product development life cycle working with customers and marketing to define requirements, implement solutions, integration, testing and deployment. Our software is primarily written in C#, C++, .net and JAVA, is highly multi-threaded, and is deployed on semi-conductor equipment tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

1) C#, .Net, C++ programming.

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

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

4) Requires very good written and verbal communication skills.

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

6) Experience in developing and debugging large high-level software applications.

7) Experience in user interface development is a plus.

8) Semiconductor equipment experience is a plus.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

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

OR

Doctorate (Academic)

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