Product Development Engineer – Defect Inspection
| Company | KLA |
|---|---|
| Location | Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
| Salary | $91900 – $156200 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Solid understanding of imaging sensors and cameras, precision instruments, and control systems.
- Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills in imaging sensors and cameras, optics, opto-mechanics, and motion control systems.
- Proficient with data analysis tools such as JMP and Matlab.
- Programming skills in Matlab and scripting languages, such as Python or Java.
- Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
- Doctorate (Academic) Degree with 0 years of related work experience; Master’s Level Degree with 3 years of related work experience; or Bachelor’s Level Degree with 5 years of related work experience.
- Strong background in engineering or physical science, with a preferred degree in Physics, Applied Optics, Materials Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
Responsibilities
- Develop detailed requirement specifications from marketing requirements using systems engineering methodology.
- Collaborate with Sensor, Optics, Opto-Mech, Algorithm, Software, and Marketing Teams to drive successful development and implementation of key subsystems.
- Develop and implement innovative design improvements to currently released products as well as novel next-generation products.
- Apply systems engineering principles to optimize critical systems-level instrument performance.
- Develop and test systems design improvements, spec validation, and implementation of solutions.
- Contribute to cross-training material and team’s skill advancement.
- Solve field customer concerns regarding sophisticated system performance problems by providing written plans of action remotely or offering on-site hands-on technical leadership at customer sites worldwide.
- Write high-level technical reports to communicate issues, analysis, technical assessments, system status, best-known-methods, and engineering recommendations.
- Design and drive multi-disciplinary experiments, write detailed test plans for systems testing.
- Coordinate with outside vendors to develop and deliver sub-system products.
- Hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance of engineering prototype systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience with yield and process control instrument systems for the semiconductor industry is desired.
- Experience with imaging sensors and cameras, lasers and opto-mechanical systems is plus.
- Occasional travel for training and customer support worldwide is required.
- Experience in driving projects through the development cycle, including concept, design, prototyping, testing/integration, troubleshooting, and risk management. Project management skills are also helpful.