PCB Technical Engagement Engineer

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Here at KLA, we design, develop, and manufacture innovative semiconductor, printed circuit-board, flat-panel display, and assembly/packaging equipment. The Industry and Customer Collaboration (ICC) team serves as the eyes and ears of the company, working with leading customers and research organizations across all of KLA’s solutions to drive adoption, help develop new solutions for industry inflections, and understand our customers’ needs for their next-generation processes. We are looking for a new member to build our technical capability and to support KLA’s continued growth!

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

The successful candidate will have an extensive background in the PCB Industry, particularly:

• Experience in PCB process, integration, and test. Preferably with a background in process development and R&D. Experience in SAP-processes for IC Substrate fabrication is a plus.
• Experience with process control and development methodologies. These could include statistical process control (SPC), design-of-experiments (DOE), yield analysis, new product introduction (NPI) and new process qualification / robustness validation for yield and reliability.
• Familiarity with PCB design is a plus, but not required.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and an ability to work efficiently across multiple organizations (both inside and outside the company)
• English language proficiency - both written and verbal
• Self-directing and able to perform at a high level with minimal direct supervision.
• Eagerness to learn new technical areas and curiosity to explore new potential opportunities for the company.
• The ability to travel internationally to visit customers, attend conferences, and advise internal KLA divisions and executives.
• Familiarity with KLA tools and solutions is not required.

This exciting role will have the following challenges and opportunities:

• Develop and drive implementation of solutions to solve critical PCB problems using KLA’s process, inspection, and metrology tools.
• Support engagements with KLA customers, primarily in Taiwan, but also occasionally internationally. Work side-by-side with KLA applications engineers in the field as well as with KLA internal divisions, serving as a voice of the customer.
• Work closely with KLA’s Advanced Packaging team on IC Substrate-related projects.
• Aggregate industry present and future PCB challenges and requirements. Communicate these regularly to KLA divisions and management.
• Support KLA PLC (product life cycle) teams as required, contributing process and integration expertise on capability requirements for KLA solutions.
• This opportunity is a high-level individual contributor position within KLA and will require international travel.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) plus relevant work experience/ Master’s level degree plus relevant experience, or Bachelor’s level degree plus extensive work experience.