Application Engineer - Kla

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

As an Application Engineer within the AOI (Automated Optical Inspection) Application team, you will support Lumina and related product lines by developing and validating application capabilities, closing detection gaps, and supporting customer deployments across global accounts (e.g., Unimicron, AT&S, Toppan, Samsung).

Responsibilities include: application testing and specification, defect detection algorithm support, recipe and calibration development, field/customer support, and cross-functional collaboration with R&D and software teams to drive product and process improvements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or related technical field
• Experience with optical inspection, semiconductor/PCB manufacturing, or imaging systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Hands-on experience with application testing, data analysis, and reporting
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional and global teams
• Willingness to support customer engagements, including occasional travel

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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• support Lumina and related product lines by developing and validating application capabilities, closing detection gaps, and supporting customer deployments across global accounts (e.g., Unimicron, AT&S, Toppan, Samsung).

Description/Preferred Qualifications As an Application Engineer within the AOI (Automated Optical Inspection) Application team, you will support Lumina and related product lines by developing and validating application capabilities, closing detection gaps, and supporting customer deployments across global accounts (e.g., Unimicron, AT&S, Toppan, Samsung). Responsibilities include: application testing and specification, defect detection algorithm support, recipe calibration development, field/customer cross-functional collaboration with R&D software teams to drive product process improvements.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or related technical field
• Experience with optical inspection, semiconductor/PCB manufacturing, or imaging systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Hands-on experience with application testing, data analysis, and reporting
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional and global teams
• Willingness to support customer engagements, including occasional travel

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or related technical field Experience optical inspection, semiconductor/PCB manufacturing, imaging systems Strong analytical problem-solving skills attention detail Hands-on testing, data analysis, reporting Excellent communication ability collaborate global Willingness support customer engagements, including occasional travel We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees. Be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons that are currently posing as KLA employees. KLA never asks for any financial compensation to be considered for an interview, to become an employee, or for equipment. Further, KLA does not work with any recruiters or third parties who charge such fees either directly or on behalf of KLA . Please ensure that you have searched KLA’s Careers website for legitimate job postings. KLA follows a recruiting process that involves multiple interviews in person or on video conferencing with our hiring managers. If you are concerned that a communication, an interview, an offer of employment, or that an employee is not legitimate, please send an email to confirm the person you are communicating with is an employee. We take your privacy very seriously and confidentially handle your information.