Application Development Engineer

Job Title: Application Development Engineer

Location:Flexible*
Duration: Full time

Note* : The location of this position is flexible; however, the engineer must be able to travel 50% of the time to various KLA-Tencor offices.

Job Description

The Optical Metrology Division products are used for optical overlay metrology. The portfolio of products includes unique solution packages which are based on hardware and software systems to enhance yield and effectiveness. As a world leader in its field of expertise, the division's products are the most advanced in performance (measurement accuracy of nanometers and below), reliability, ease of use and compatibility with other KLA-Tencor's products.  KLA-Tencor (Israel) controls over 80% of the world market sales in its field, and its products are used by every major semiconductor manufacturer around the world.  KLA-Tencor Israel is located in the Migdal Haemek Industrial Park.  

Marketing support for the development and dealing with complex products, such as operating systems and capital equipment. Makes technical presentations regarding all aspects of OMD products. Assists sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications.  Provides follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications to service personnel, company sales representatives, and customer's employees.

Responsible for developing advanced applications and algorithms for state of the art Optical Metrology systems. Overall responsibility starts at project inception and ends at the first implementation at the customer’s site.

The job includes modeling and simulation of interaction between semiconductors and light. 

• At least B.Sc degree in Physics, Optical Science/Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science

• Knowledge of at least one of the following is required: optical systems, Semiconductor processing, Algorithm development and implementation in Matlab.

• Experience in the semi-conductor industry, mainly in the lithography process.

• Familiar with YieldStar equipment  is highly preferred.

• The location of this position is flexible; however, the engineer must be able to travel 50% of the time to various KLA-Tencor offices. 

Doctorate (Academic) OR Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience. OR Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

                           Kindly forward your resumes to vicky.palatnik@kla-tencor.com

Safety and security Engineer (Access control | surveillance systems |systems engineer) (#109629)

Job Title: Safety/Security Engineer 3

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Business Unit:

The Real Estate and Facilities group is a corporate organization that is responsible for the management of all leased and owned property domestically and internationally. The Facilities group provides Strategic and Tactical space planning, Construction Project management, Facilities Engineering, Facilities and Security Operations, and Site Services.   The Real Estate and Facilities group works closely with the other KLA-Tencor and outside organizations to provide consistent and high levels of services.

Responsibilities:

This position has the primary responsibility of providing effective global access control and surveillance solutions.  The candidate must be able to provide tactical support of our current systems while creating a strategic vision for the ideal solutions.  To accomplish this, the candidate must be able to troubleshoot and correct problems; research new technology; develop, maintain and enforce system standards; add or remove components; work with suppliers and provide training.  This position also has the responsibility to provide additional support and backup for security operations, internal investigations, back ground checks, and computer forensics.  As part of the facilities and security team you will be required to perform other related duties to maintain a safe and secure working environment.            

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field (Computer Science, CIS, MIS or Engineering)

Physical Security Professional (PSP) Certified

A minimum of 4 years’ experience designing, implementing and maintaining access control and surveillance systems

Three to five years, experience in comparative levels of security, law enforcement, risk management or related fields, preferably in a high tech industrial environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of 6 years of experience designing, implementing and maintaining access control and surveillance systems.

Three to five years, experience in comparative levels of security, law enforcement, risk management or related fields.

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

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / .NET / OOD / Multithreading ) (#109837)

Position: Senior 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:

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 5 years of experience.

OR

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

OR

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

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

Senior System Software Engineer (C++/ C# / OOD / OOP / Java / UML )

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

Job Description:
The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) of KLA-Tencor designs and manufactures systems that are used for capturing yield-impacting defects at the front-end-of-line (FEOL) and the back-end-of-line (BEOL). A successful candidate will be joining a world leader in wafer inspection products and technologies designing and manufacturing the next generation of products.

 

Responsibilities:

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:

1) Experience with Object-Oriented software analysis and design using UML (Unified Modeling Language) modeling, Java and/or C++ programming.

2) Experience with multi-threaded/parallel processing applications.

3) Experience developing and debugging software to control electro-mechanical systems, opto-mechanical systems, instrumentation, or robotics.

4) Experience developing and debugging distributed high performance computing software applications.

5) Effective communication skills.

6) Image/data processing experience is a plus.

7) Knowledge of large scale storage technologies is a plus.

8) Semiconductor equipment industry experience is a plus.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

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

OR

Doctorate (Academic).

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

 

Senior Algorithm Engineer ( C++ / Algorithm / Statistical Data Analysis / Signal Processing / Image Analysis ) (#109466)

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:

Develop the next generation of algorithms for semiconductor device and thin film metrology. The position requires a proven innovative track record in the related fields of algorithm development, statistical data analysis and signal processing, image analysis and machine learning. The candidate should have a background in engineering/math/physics and be comfortable and conversant in a range of disciplines from optics, information and noise analysis, solving optimization problems (forward and inverse). The Algorithms Scientist will produce mathematical formulations, develop modeling tools, and perform data analysis and capability predictions on a variety of metrology technologies. The role will closely interface with other members of Advanced Development, Engineering, Algorithm and Application teams. The candidate should demonstrate ability to develop complex data analysis algorithms, software codes that can be used by others, understanding of experimental data analysis, and ability to guide others.

Education or experience must include:

1.Designing, developing, modifying and diagnosing complex algorithms, utilizing C#, C++, R, Matlab or other tools and languages;

2.Ability to invent, develop and implement new algorithms and ideas

3.Statistical analysis, modeling and optimization methods

4.Signal and image processing, computer vision and machine learning

5.Hands-on experience in object-oriented and functional programming

6.Hands-on experience with products such as JMP, R, Matlab is a plus

7.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

8.Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.

9.Semiconductor optical metrology experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics or related fields plus 8 years of relevant experience and accomplishments.

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

 

Manager, Electrical Design (analog and digital electrical design | vendor management related to sensors, boards or COTS | semiconductor industry) (#109851)

Job Title: Electrical Design Manager

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Business Unit:

The RAPID Engineering team is a world-class organization tasked with developing the next generation of DUV and EUV reticle inspection and metrology tools.  These systems are critical to the advancement of the semiconductor industry.

Responsibilities:

This role is for the head of RAPID electrical engineering.  Responsibilities include:

1.Manage the electrical engineering group with direct involvement with multiple program teams

2.Generate project plans, schedules and budgets for applicable subsystems

3.Generate specification and requirements from high level system requirements

4.Provide technical oversight for the development of all electrical subsystems from initial concept development to production release

5.Drive the technology roadmap for key electrical subsystems

6.Interface with Corporate Technology and other divisions in KLA to synchronize the image acquisition subsystem technology which is a strategic initiative for the company

7.Manage external vendors or contractors to deliver subsystems that meet design specification

8.The person in this role will also have the opportunity to fill a project or program management role given the right skill set and KT experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Experience in managing a large team is a must

2.Experience in project or program management is desirable

3.Solid knowledge in both analog and digital electrical design

4.CCD sensors design experience is desirable

5.Past experience with vendor management related to sensors, boards or COTS is a must

6.Proven capability in presenting to high-level customers, suppliers and internal reviewers

7.Must be able to cross functional boundaries to ensure customer and company goals are met

8.Excellent written and verbal communication skills

9.Sensitivity to cost, reliability, manufacturability and serviceability are all considerations for this role

10.Knowledge of PLC processes is desired

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (academic) with at least 5 years of experience

OR

Master's level degree with at least 7 years of experience

OR

Bachelor's level degree with at least 8 years of experience

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

Research Scientist (optics) (optical inspection | patterned wafers | electro-magnetic simulations) (#109747)

Job Title: Research Scientist (optics)

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

The Research Scientist will be responsible for designing and conducting feasibility investigations to provide valuable guidance for KLA-Tencor's roadmap in optical inspection of patterned wafers.  KLA-Tencor has a rich history of innovation and technical leadership in wafer inspection for the semiconductor industry.  The advent of devices having 25nm, 18nm and smaller design rules with complex three dimensional structures, using advanced processes and materials, will present a particularly challenging goal of maintaining high-speed inspection and classification of defects that are much smaller than the wavelength of light used to inspect the wafer.  The Research Scientist will work within a small technology group to identify, investigate, and develop promising new concepts, methods and subsystems that could be used to meet these challenges.  The Research Scientist will devise and test new inspection tool configurations and modify test benches by working with Design Engineers. To test new tool configurations, the Research Scientist will work with Customers, Marketing and Applications Engineers to obtain relevant wafer samples and then measure the wafers on modified tools and test benches. The Research Scientist will use electro-magnetic simulations of our current and future inspection tools on our customer's defect challenges to devise new inspection tool configurations.  The Research Scientist will acquire, analyze and present his/her data to the technology group and to the rest of the organization and to customers. To complete this work the Research Scientist will work within a team, where peer review of designs, test plans and data analysis is customary.

Preferred Qualifications:

M.S./Ph.D. in a scientific or engineering field that involves electro-optical detection or imaging is required.  A Ph.D. or 2 to 4 years of relevant industry experience in any of these fields is preferred.  The successful candidate will have a proven record of designing highly complex experiments or engineering trials that involve sophisticated optical data collection and other physical measurements.  The candidate will also have proficiency in data analysis packages such as MatLab and demonstrate the ability to extract clear results from large, complex data sets.  Excellent communication and presentation skills are required.  Travel of up to 30% might be required to foreign destinations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic)

OR

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

OR

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

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

Systems Engineer, Product development (Physics | Optics| Electrical or mechanical Engineering | lithography | semiconductor) (#109742)

Job Title: Systems Engineer, Product development

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

Responsibilities:

The selected Product Development Engineer will develop the next generation product as well as support currently released products. The work will cover all aspects of product development. This includes developing concepts and designs, defining and allocating system and sub-system requirements, designing and executing test plans and experiments, prototype testing, integration planning, creating and improving process documentation, and supporting products in both manufacturing and field settings.

The Product Development Engineer will report to the Engineering Program Manager as part of a small team of engineers in a larger engineering organization. The role requires interaction with many disciplines as the systems engineer plays the central role in the product development throughout different phases.

Additional key responsibilities:

1.Coordinate and participate in subsystem and system integration and testing.

2.Perform product acceptance testing and iterative system and sub-system improvements and redesigns if needed.

3.Communicate status and summary of work as needed to peers and managers.

4.Participate and drive subsystems and system planning, including scoping, budgeting, and scheduling.

5.Drive product introduction, including training of operations and field personnel, creation and release of procedures and checklists, and resolution of technical and non-technical impediments to product introduction.

6.Work on product concepts with understanding of market requirements to enable solutions to meet market demand. This leads into roles in architectural designs, building models, and system and subsystem budgets to meet the required performance.

7.Drive future improvements such as cost reduction, increased operational efficiency, creation of new technologies, ideas, structures, and ways of doing business.

Preferred Qualifications:

We are looking for future leaders, so we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth and can demonstrate leadership attributes. The engineer must possess strong sense of purpose and be self-driven to continually improve self, others, and processes. Strong communication skills both oral and written are required for this job. Some travel might be required.

The semiconductor industry transforms quickly with increasing speed of new product introductions. Successful candidate is expected to adopt and promote new ideas and methods. Successful candidate must have clear sense of urgency and adaptability to fast moving and highly competitive industry.

Required skills:

Degree in Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.

Desirable skills:

1.Experience in optoelectronics, sensor technology, microscopy, or optics design

2.Experience in driving projects that include system concept, integration and testing

3.Understanding of lithography and semiconductor manufacturing process

4.Background in material science, vibration testing

5.Programming experience, particularly in Python, MATLAB, or LabView

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's Level Degree

OR

Bachelor Level degree with 1 yrs of experience.

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

Software QA Manager ( C++, SQA/SQC, White/Black/Gray box testing, SCM ) (#109379)

Position: Software QA Manager
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) Lead and manage a team of SQA/SQC engineers for metrology products.

2) Develop and implement testing methodologies consistent with the division's software development lifecycle model.

3) Ensure that the required level of quality is achieved in the products' software releases.

4) Create/enforce software process improvement initiatives to include more thorough white box/gray box testing; early involvement of  SQA/SQC engineers in the requirements phase, improvement in software development process, etc.

5) Encourage a division-wide "Quality Culture" where quality is viewed as everyone’s responsibility.

6) Ensure/Audit compliance to development process and quality performance by the software development and SQA teams.

7) Work with software development teams to ensure resources and test plans are aligned with development schedule.

8) Incorporate industry BKM to existing software process, e.g. quality reviews, etc

9) Ensure software quality plans are written and reviewed with the product team ahead of time for each planned software release.

10) Responsible for developing and maintaining the projects' software processes and coordinating the activities to assess, develop, maintain, and improve these processes.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

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

- Minimum of 5 years of management experience in software quality management.

- Having some software development experience preferred.

- Knowledge (with experience preferred) on different software development lifecycles and methodologies, e.g. Waterfall, Spiral, Agile, etc.

- Experience with the development of automated testing.

- Fluency in SQA/SQC methodologies and tools, including programmatic-level testing; knowledge of white, black, and gray box testing methodologies

- Experience with CMM or ISO 15504 certification  preferred.

- Knowledge of Software configuration management.

- Experience with Rational Team Concert.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 3 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

 

Applications Engineer ( SEM | Wafer Inspection) (# 109570)

Position: Applications Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

KLA-Tencor has an opening for an Applications Development Engineer in our EBEAM division, which designs and manufactures Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) wafer inspection and review equipment.  based in Milpitas, CA

Responsibilities:

• Product penetration/adoption and process optimization at customer facilities and at factory.  This includes training customers and other apps engineers, handling/driving local apps escalation process, investigating customer technical needs/problems and providing solutions, conducting final acceptance, demonstrating products, and understanding competitive situations, methodology, and performance group analysis. Report technology development and new applications to marketing. Support pre-sale and post-sale activities.

• Characterization new systems and features.  This includes designing and conducting experiments, collecting data, publishing results and recommendations in the form of applications notes, best known methods or characterization studies.

• Conduct complex demonstrations in front customers

• Work experience in semiconductor processing or equipment industry preferred.  Candidates must be desiring to travel up to 50% on short notice and enjoy working in other cultures.  Team work is critical so having a good balance between technical skills and people skills is a must.  Excellent English communications are required, and competencies in Mandarin or Korean are all plusses.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters with several years of experience or PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Material Science Engineering. Worked with analytical tools used for semiconductor processing or material analysis.

Basic Qualification:

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 resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com