Customer Engagement Applications Engineer

Base Pay Range: $73,600.00 - $125,100.00 Annually Primary Location: USA-TX-Richardson-KLA KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits identified below. Interns are eligible for some of the benefits identified below. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed above reflects the minimum and maximum pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process. KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us. The Customer Engagement (CE) team is our field based, customer facing organization consisting of Technical Engagement Managers and Application Engineers. The team partners closely with our customers to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, software, and expertise, to help customers manage yield throughout their fabrication process—from research and development to final volume production. Responsibilities of this group include maintaining strategic client relationships, partnering with our sales team in identifying and closing sales opportunities, ensuring our products meet performance capabilities & expectations, providing critical solutions for improved yield performance, and collecting requirements for future products by understanding customer processes and technology trends. Partnering with our sales organization and factory divisions, this diverse and dynamic team helps ensure alignment between customer needs and product offerings to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.

• Customer support. The candidate will provide and lead product penetration and adoption support, customer demonstrations, and head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer facilities. This includes-investigating semiconductor manufacturing yield issues and providing inspection solutions; creating & sharing product value statements and use-cases with engineering, marketing and sales groups; training customers and other applications engineers. Projects will also include new product introductions and characterization, beta testing and early evaluation tools. This position provides opportunities to work closely with many organizations including worldwide applications teams, engineering, sales and marketing within KLA and with customer engineers outside of KLA. This position will require travel to support products at customer sites.
• Product Development: The candidate will be responsible for generating best known method documents and other training materials and transferring this knowledge to KLA's worldwide Applications team and customers. They will work with customers to develop solutions to problems, and publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals. Characterization of next generation state-of-the art semiconductor wafer inspection products. This includes crafting test plans, collecting data, performing analysis, publishing results and recommendations in the form of applications notes, best known methods.

• Educational background in Engineering, Physics is desired.
• Teamwork is essential so having a good balance between technical skills and people skills is a must.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, combined with a methodical approach, and clear communication.
• Well-organized, strong follow-up abilities, demonstrated ability to work in a multifaceted environment.
• Must also have training in semiconductor or related fields. Having a background in IC processing/Semiconductor equipment is a plus.
• Must have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skill.
• Candidate must be willing to travel (> 30%) within US.

Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years